A 245-Year Experiment and the Necessity of Compromise
by: Thomas H. Little, Ph.D. and SLLF Director of Curriculum Development and Research Note: To learn more about the US Constitution, its past, present and future from people a [...]
The Pandemic: Lessons Learned
by: Thomas H. Little, Ph.D. and SLLF Director of Curriculum Development and Research Well, from all accounts, it appears we may be over the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic: [...]
Remembering Rep. Bob Ward, Connecticut House Minority Leader.
Remembering Rep. Bob Ward, Connecticut House Minority Leader. Ward was a former member of the SLLF Board of Directors, a champion of bipartisanship, and 2004 recipient of the prestigious [...]
Greed, Keeping up with the Joneses and Shiny Objects
by: Thomas H. Little, Ph.D. and SLLF Director of Curriculum Development and Research On February 11, 2010, Representative Gordon Fox stood before the chamber and took the oath [...]
Keys to Bipartisan Cooperation: Willingness, Communication and Solutions
by: Thomas H. Little, Ph.D. and SLLF Director of Curriculum Development and Research “Coming together after acrimony isn’t always easy, but it is the right thing to do for [...]
A Not-So-Young Man’s Fancy Turns To….Bipartisanship?
by: Thomas H. Little, Ph.D. and SLLF Director of Curriculum Development and Research In less than three weeks, Spring will be upon us and as Alfred Lord Tennyson reminded [...]
It’s a Different World
by: Thomas H. Little, Ph.D. and SLLF Director of Curriculum Development and Research In recent weeks, leaders across the country have been gaveling their chambers to order for the [...]
In Memoriam Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr.
It is with great sadness that we share the passing of Senate President Emeritus Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr. of Maryland. He died at home on January 15, [...]
Your Words Matter
By: Thomas H. Little, State Legislative Leaders Foundation In the fall of 2019, I was privileged to hear Andrew Card, former Chief of Staff to President George W. Bush, [...]
January 6, 2021 is a day that will live in infamy
By Stephen Lakis, President of SLLF January 7th, 2021 I know we all share the same emotions about the deplorable events that took place recently in our nation’s capital: anger, [...]