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Marietta College’s McDonough Leadership Program is ecstatic to welcome close to 100 people to campus for its annual leadership conference from March 31-April 1.

For a democratic culture to exist there must be leaders and citizens who behave democratically — and they need to be educated about democracy to do that

Should it be up to the military to decide when its fellow citizens are no longer free and to act on that decision against its civilian government? Is there such a thing as a good coup? In an ideal world, the answer to each of these questions is a resounding ‘no’. In an ideal world, moreover...

Often, we rely on outdated and narrow-minded notions about the differences between leaders and followers, and especially about the relative importance of each of those roles. We often attribute successful outcomes to the leaders’ efforts -- not those of the followers. As a result, leaders garner far more status, recognition, power and monetary compensation than most followers. Yet it’s the followers who almost always do the heavy lifting. Conversely, leaders get most of the blame when things go wrong. But what is the follower’s responsibility when things fail? We need a more sensible o...