Thoughts From On High

Some 150 miles west of the raging fires of Colorado Springs, ideas are raging at the eighth annual Aspen Ideas Festival. According to its website, the festival "will gather some of the most interesting thinkers and leaders from around the US and abroad to discuss their work, the issues that inspire them, and their ideas." It is, they say, "a gathering for diverse, intellectually curious people to learn, listen, debate, and question what we can do to make our world—and our children’s world—a better place": http://www.aspenideas.org/festival/overview