by Thomas H. Little, Ph.D. SLLF Director of Curriculum Development and Research Three weeks ago I posted “Millennial Matt: A Cautionary Tale,” the story of former Representative Matthew Wollman of South Dakota. Matthew’s very promising political future was derailed because of a consensual relationship with an adult legislative intern. Today, I want to offer [...]
By Thomas H. Little, Ph.D. and SLLF Director of Curriculum Development and Research In September of 2015 I wrote a blog I called Leading Millennial Matt. In that blog, I referred fondly to Representative Matthew Wollman of South Dakota. I had just met him at SLLF’s Emerging Leaders Program, and felt he represented a [...]
This past weekend, I had the privilege (and I mean that literally) to participate in an amazing conference hosted by SLLF and the National Center for Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA). Addressing the Opioid Crisis in America: Strategies that WORK! featured some of the most informed and inspiring presentations and presenters I have heard in [...]
By Thomas H. Little, Ph.D. and SLLF Director of Curriculum Development and Research Some weeks ago, following SLLF’s New Speaker Orientation, I posted a blog about the many daunting challenges facing new Speakers. Today I would like to turn the tables, and talk about the great opportunities these new leaders face. During the New [...]
By Thomas H. Little, Ph.D. and SLLF Director of Curriculum Development and Research I had the honor and pleasure to spend time recently with twelve of the nation’s newly elected Speakers of the House, at SLLF’s New Speakers Orientation in Washington, DC. It was a great weekend, and, as always after such meetings, I [...]
By Thomas H. Little, Ph.D. and SLLF Director of Curriculum Development and Research These are challenging times! In many places around the world, tensions are high as peoples and nations attempt to adapt to new social, political and economic realities. Here in America, we await the dawn of a new presidential administration and the [...]
By Thomas H. Little, Ph.D. and SLLF Director of Curriculum Development and Research November 9, 2016 NOTE: This blog was written on Friday, well before the votes were tallied yesterday. More than thirty years ago (1983), Americans were mesmerized by the made-for-television movie depicting the aftermath of an all-out nuclear war between NATO and the [...]
By Thomas H. Little, Ph.D. and SLLF Director of Curriculum Development and Research A couple of months ago, I posted a blog called “E Pluribus Unum,” in which I described how participants in SLLF’s Emerging Leaders Program were able to set aside partisan and ideological differences to form a cooperative and cohesive unit. As I [...]
By Thomas H. Little, Ph.D. and SLLF Director of Curriculum Development and Research E Pluribus Unum. Out of many, one. America’s unofficial motto. It is on the Great Seal of the United States and the back of the quarter. It has been used for generations to describe the country, referring to the belief that many [...]
By Thomas H. Little, Ph.D. and SLLF Director of Curriculum Development and Research Governments, especially their legislative branches, seem to have lost the respect of the voters they are elected to represent. A good friend describes the support of the United States Congress as being similar to AT&T’s “Friends and Family Plan” - the only [...]