American Exceptionalism may have been a founding value, but without American ingenuity and hard work, the dream would have died out long before we became the shining city on the hill. The American Dream doesn’t come cheaply; it’s achievement relies on every American’s willingness to work.
We celebrate Labor Day in honor of the American workers [...]

For most people, their exposure to the genius of F. Buckminster “Bucky” Fuller is limited to photos of Spaceship Earth, the massive, golf-ball like structure that welcomes visitors into Disney’s EPCOT Center in Orlando, Florida. The structure, known as the “Geodesic Dome,” a marvel of architecture, mathematics and technology was actually invented by Fuller and [...]

Today is the 102nd birthday of a man who made an indelible mark on American pop culture: Leo Fender, the man who utterly perfected (and commercialized) the electric guitar Americans have come to know and love so well in their rock music.
It’s kind of hard to think of a world that had no electric guitar. [...]

Over the past decade, Detroit has been in the news for it’s rapid and dramatic disintegration. With the Census reporting a lost of nearly a quarter of a million people, and it’s boundaries rapidly shrinking (with entire neighborhoods disappearing off the map into a wasteland ruled by prairie grasses and wild dogs), Detroit has been [...]

The Huffington Post reports that the high priestess of punk and poetry, Patti Smith, recommends that young artists steer clear of New York City because it’s too expensive. Instead, she recommends moving to cities such as Detroit.
That’s good advice. Last year I published an article on the Mackinac Center for Public Policy Web site stating [...]