Forget my Apollo 13 analogy. Donny Deutsch’s use of the phrase, “Sputnik moment,” better conveys what I’ve been trying to express in my prior posts on this topic: The need for transcendental leadership from the White House, for the President to rally the nation with a bold plan for engaging our best and brightest, focusing their energies (and ours) on a common cause.

Historical note: Some might argue that what we’re really talking about here is not so much a “Sputnik moment” as a “Gagarin moment.” [continued]