McCain 2023 Opening with GEN Mattis
Joe Thomas, Director of the Vice Admiral James B. Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership at the Naval Academy, opens the event by discussing the Center’s history, mission, and activities. He highlights its role as an internal think tank and its “up and out” mission, which includes producing curriculum for ethics and leadership development for various […]
David Brooks, McCain 2023
David Brooks, a political and cultural commentator for the New York Times, reflects on his career and discusses character formation. He mentions his time at the University of Chicago and his various roles in journalism. Brooks talks about different models of moral development, including the Victorian, Eisenhower, Augustinian, and social skills approaches. He emphasizes the […]