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The Preamble

The Kids Are Already in Charge

Stories that prove the next generation isn’t waiting to lead

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Casey Burgat
Dec 04, 2025
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As a government professor, I get one question more than almost any other: “Do you have any hope in the next generation?” Not for the next generation (though that is a common one, too); hope in the next generation.

The tone accompanying the obviously leading question is always the same — worry wrapped in nostalgia, seasoned with that familiar complaint th…

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Associate Professor at George Washington University, author of WE HOLD THESE "TRUTHS", former Congress staffer, eternal optimist, unhealthy sports fan.
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