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Wall Street Journal Law Blog Interviews Common Good Chair: Part I & Part II
Common Good Chair 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.”
Common Good Chair on Health Reform's Missing Rx: Personal Responsibility
In an op-ed for the New York Daily News, Philip K. Howard writes that, with the American health care system’s estimated $1 trillion of wasted spending every year, reform needs to focus on containing costs. "That's the only way America can afford universal care," Howard argues. "What's missing in American health care," he continues, "is a basic principle essential to all human accomplishment: Individual responsibility, in this case responsibility for prudent use of health care resources."
Common Good Chair Discusses School Discipline at EducationNext
Philip K. Howard writes that applying due process to schools has made classrooms disorderly and harmed the learning process. Howard suggests that we re-enforce the role of teachers as leaders in the classroom, and foster a culture that will “encourage all members of the school community to participate in promoting the values and discipline protocols in schools.” |