Rich Harwood, president and founder of The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation, is creating a studio within The Harwood Institute to support special efforts to advance new ideas for strengthening communities and society in a rapidly changing world. He is looking for two studio associates to begin work this year.

Another Veterans Day passed last week with all the pomp and ceremonies and solemnness we have come to expect - and that many of us cherish as we honor those who have protected us, especially in an increasingly dangerous world. What I didn't expect was to learn that the NFL and many of its teams (along with professional basketball, baseball and hockey, among others) have been paid to honor our soldiers at games.