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Common Good Chair Addresses TEDxDU
On May 13th, Philip K. Howard presented at TEDxDU, an independently organized TED event at the University of Denver. In his address – which you can watch here – he presents three steps needed to restore a culture of responsibility in America, including a spring cleaning of accumulated law.
Common Good Chair on Restoring Responsibility to America’s Schools
Philip K. Howard argues in the Wall Street Journal that a "steady accretion of law...has smothered personality and individual responsibility in schools," forcing educators to "go through the day responding to rules instead of their common sense." The solution, he relates, is to "let the humans take charge again. The guiding principle should be to replace legal dictates with individual responsibility."
President Obama Endorses Health Courts
In a recent letter to Congress, President Obama proposed allocating $50 million to states to pilot medical liability alternatives – including special health courts. The health courts proposal was developed jointly by Common Good and the Harvard School of Public Health as an alternative to the current ad hoc medical liability system.
Wall Street Journal Law Blog Interviews Common Good Chair: Part I & Part II
Philip K. Howard sat down with Wall Street Journal Law Blogger Ashby Jones to discuss Life Without Lawyers and the need for an overhaul of the American legal system.
Common Good Chair on 'Washington vs. Common Sense'
Philip K. Howard argues in the Wall Street Journal that “common sense is nonexistent” in Washington. Howard cites examples of how law and bureaucracy have stymied schools, American infrastructure, and health care reform, and makes the case that “America must shift the goal of reform from desired results—universal health care, effective schools—to a new philosophy that allows people to get things done.” | 
