Happy March — I’ve been doing a lot of travel and have been quiet with our newsletter. I look forward to providing an update — and hearing yours — after the dust settles from the upcoming SXSW conference in Austin these next 10 days. Meanwhile: I have a very special…

Originally posted for USTomorrow on 21 February 2021 In the same week that NASA successfully delivered a helicopter to Mars, many Texans were without food, water, electricity, communications, and heat, enduring sustained, sub-freezing temperatures alone and in the dark. How did this happen? My answer: The Mars project is run…

Originally posted for USTomorrow on 7 February 2021 Unlike this highly unusual football season that ended yesterday, politics is not a sport and those who practice it as a zero-sum contest shouldn’t be allowed to play. Examples are hard to find but, here in Texas, there’s a long history of…

I just returned from some time off, reconnecting with family and working to broaden our horizon. I hope each of you have had (or will have) the opportunity this summer to get some distance from your everyday life and gain some perspective on the work ahead. Because there’s plenty of…

In one of the more bizarre moments during the election security debate currently underway in Texas, Governor Abbott said that Texas business interests ‘need to stay out of politics.’ Seriously? Senator Mitch McConnell said the same thing to business leaders last week. “Stay out of politics.” What? They are all…

We’re not (overly) superstitious at USTomorrow, but, in an abundance of caution, we decided to wait until 2021 to post this. With era-defining run off elections drawing to a close in Georgia, we’re at the end of a disappointing and exhausting chapter in U.S. political history. Post-election legal strategies are…

Earlier today, President Biden called on all Americans to recognize the divides that separate our country, to look across them, and extend a hand to bridge the gaps. That only works if a majority of Americans follow his lead. Can enough Americans look across the divide? No matter who you…

Here is a link to the entire speech. It’s good for your soul (and returns us to an important perspective) in turbulent times. A little background on why I recommend that you listen to the entire speech again: Although we are currently presented with the greatest challenge our democracy has…

Last week laid bare our compromised politics. Manipulated to meet the lowest expectations of our fellow Amercians and manufactured to leverage vulnerabilities within the American electorate, hyper-partisanship was fanned into full insurrection. The “servant’s heart” abiding in most Americans was misappropriated by political leaders as a means to selfish ends…