Top of Their Game







Dream Maker Economist David Ellwood has enjoyed a career as a respected researcher, a popular teacher, and a beltway insider during the Clinton years. In July, he was delighted to take on yet a new challenge as dean of the Kennedy School.

Stepping Up In the recent past, the youth of our nation have been voting in record lows. Is this trend beginning to turn around?

The Power of Speech Less than two months away from the nation’s presidential elections, here’s a look at political speeches that have been memorable, inspiring, necessary, and in one case, even life saving.

The Politics of God At first glance, those leaning to the political right tend to be more “God-fearing” than those leaning to the political left. According to Kennedy School lecturer Richard Parker, however, such generalities have little basis in reality.



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