Terry Newell is currently director of his own firm, Leadership for a Responsible Society. His work focuses on values-based leadership, ethics, and decision making. A former Air Force officer, Terry also previously served as Director of the Horace Mann Learning Center, the training arm of the U.S. Department of Education, and as Dean of Faculty at the Federal Executive Institute. Terry is co-editor and author of The Trusted Leader: Building the Relationships That Make Government Work (CQ Press, 2011). He also wrote Statesmanship, Character and Leadership in America (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013) and To Serve with Honor: Doing the Right Thing in Government (Loftlands Press 2015).
Recent charges that Social Security is riddled with problems mislead Americans. Only careful thinking can help us understand the situation correctly.
Born into poverty, Cesar Chavez fought for the dignity and rights of farmworkers, using the tools of organizing and nonviolence.
Public service is an honorable profession. It is a calling, not just a job, and those who practice this calling deserve the respect of their leaders and all Americans.
In uncertain times, we crave certainty in politics. That craving can be dangerous when it cuts off thinking and then leads to bad policies.
