Category: kettering
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New at Inside Public Judgment: Starting Where the Public Starts
Friends know that at the Kettering Foundation we recently started a new blog called Inside Public Judgment, devoted to sharing what we are learning about framing issues for public deliberation — a behind-the-scenes look at various aspects of developing issue guides. My latest piece is posted, which outlines some of the false starts we made…
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A New Blog at the Kettering Foundation
Inside Public Judgment is a space where Kettering hopes to share what we learn about how the public comes to judgment on difficult problems. My first post, Starting Points for Deliberative Politics, is live now.
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New Issue Guide From National Issues Forums: What Should Go On The Internet?
I’m delighted to announce that the latest issue guide from the National Issues Forums is now available. “What Should Go on the Internet? Privacy, Freedom, and Security Online” is freshly updated for 2013 and includes new data as well as stories to illustrate key points. (Order.) An excerpt from the introduction: The same Internet that has…
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I'm Full Time at The Kettering Foundation
I’m delighted to report that, as of February 1, 2013 I’ll be a full-time staff member of the Kettering Foundation, a research foundation that studies democracy. I have had a relationship with the Foundation since 1998, and have been an Associate of theirs since 2005. As a consequence of this, I am shutting down my…
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New Issue Guide Available: Social Security — How Can We Afford It?
I am pleased to announce a new issue book developed by the Kettering Foundation for the National Issues Forums titled: Social Security: How Can We Afford It? This issue guide, authored by Maura Casey, is the latest in the issue book library of which Mannakee president I am Executive Editor. The new guide is available…
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A New Issue Guide: Immigration in America. How Do We Fix a System in Crisis?
I am delighted to announce a new issue book developed by the Kettering Foundation for the National Issues Forums titled: Immigration in America: How Do We Fix a System in Crisis? This issue guide, authored by my good friend and colleague Scott London, is the latest in the Kettering Foundation issue book library of which…
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A New Issue Guide: A Nation In Debt. How Do We Pay The Bills?
I am delighted to announce a new issue book developed by the Kettering Foundation for the National Issues Forums titled: A Nation In Debt: How Do We Pay The Bills? This issue guide, authored by my good friends and colleagues Tony Wharton and Noelle McAfee, is the latest in the issue book library of which I am…
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Interview On Building Community
My friend Craig Patterson asked me to cut a short video as a part of a series he was working on. He was asking a handful of participants to respond to the question: “How can we come together as a community to rebuild our community?” Here is my brief response.
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A New Role with the Kettering Foundation
As many friends and colleagues know, I have enjoyed a long association with the Kettering Foundation. When I first came to know the Foundation while I was working at the Institute for Global Ethics, I felt I had discovered an intellectual and philosophical home. And I was right. Over the years, the good people at…
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