I Found a Dinosaur!
By Thom Little, Ph.D. I found a dinosaur- or at least something that I thought had become as extinct as the dinosaur: a high profile, [...]
Our New Year’s Resolution: A More United Nation
By Thom Little, Ph.D. As we sit at the threshold of another new year with all of the possibilities and challenges it holds, I want [...]
SLLF Appoints New Board Members for 2019
Eleven new legislative leaders have been appointed to the State Legislative Leaders Foundation (SLLF) board at its annual Board of Directors meeting in Las Vegas [...]
SLLF Mourns the Passing of former Chair, Tennessee Senator Ben Atchley
“Senator Ben Atchley will always be remembered by all of us here at SLLF as a man of humility, faith, love and integrity. He made [...]
Hard Leadership: Doing the Right Things the Right Way for the Right Reasons
by Thom Little, Ph.D. My wife and I are now officially empty nesters. This year, our youngest daughter started college. She is a first year [...]
Beating the Opioid Crisis: Inspiration, Education, Excellence
By Thom Little, Ph.D. SLLF’s motto is “Inspiration, Education, Excellence.” Last weekend, I believe we fulfilled that mission and motto as we presented “Addressing the [...]
NSC 2018: People, Politics, Policies and Presidents
By: Thom Little, Ph.D. In late August, 2018, Speakers of the House from more than half of the fifty states gathered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin for [...]
Protecting Representative Democracy: The Moral Obligation of Leadership
By Thom Little, Ph.D. More than two centuries ago, fifty-five men from across thirteen American colonies established a government like none other before, a government [...]
Who We Are
By: Stephen G. Lakis, President, SLLF “In highly excited times it is far easier to fan the flames of discord, than to subdue them. And [...]
