Democracy Café

When my dad's birthday (he would have been 85 on March 20) rolled around this year, I decided to do something special. I decided upon an award competition in my dad's honor -- and launched the inaugural Alexander Phillips Arete Award. Even though there was the smallest of windows to submit entries, the International Baccalaureate class of 2018 at Vanguard High School in Ocala, Florida, created something very special, insightful and meaningful. Here's my announcement about their winning entry: http://www.socratescafe.com/?p=951 I was originally scheduled to record a podcast with some of the winners of the competition on Friday April 20th -- on the afternoon of the National Student Walkout, also the 19th anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre.... only to receive a text message from their teacher, the extraordinary Todd Carstenn: "Chris, Don’t know if you got my text but we are still on code red lockdown. The lights are out and the kids are on the floor. There was a shooting in the school across