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DESCRIPTION:Former Kansas State Senator Jeff King and journalist Mark McCor
 mick will serve together as Spring 2026 Dole Fellows. Their series\, “Li
 fe\, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness: Principles that Built a Nation\
 ,” will examine principles undergirding America’s founding and evaluat
 e how they shape our world today.\n\nMore information on this program is f
 orthcoming.\n\n \n\n \n\nJeff King serves as the executive vice president 
 of the Rodel Institute\, where he founded and runs fellowships for judges 
 of all ideological persuasions\, as well as bipartisan groups of elected o
 fficials\, to explore ways that leaders can transcend differences to promo
 te judicial independence and cross-party dialogue. A former Kansas Senator
  (R) representing southeastern Kansas\, Jeff worked extensively on crimina
 l justice issues\, pension reform\, education finance and tax policy as ch
 air of the Senate Judiciary\, Pension\, and Rules committees. A former Ten
 th Circuit clerk and president of the Appellate Section of the Kansas Bar\
 , Jeff has handled over 60 appeals across the country on issues of school 
 finance\, trust\, state government and constitutional law. He holds degree
 s from Brown University\, Yale Law School\, and the University of Cambridg
 e.\n\nMark McCormick is a New York Times bestselling author with nearly 30
  years of experience as a reporter\, editor\, and columnist. He most recen
 tly served as the inaugural executive director of the Kansas Black Leaders
 hip Council and deputy director of the ACLU of Kansas. He also served for 
 a total of six years as executive director of The Kansas African American 
 Museum. An alum of the University of Kansas\, McCormick is a trustee of th
 e William Allen White School of Journalism at KU\, served as a professiona
 l in residence at the University of Oklahoma\, and was appointed by Govern
 or Laura Kelly to two Kansas state commissions\, including the Kansas Afri
 can American Affairs Commission. He has earned numerous awards and recogni
 tions over his career and was inducted into the Kansas Newspaper Hall of F
 ame last year.
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SUMMARY:The Pursuit of Happiness: Is America Still the Land of Opportunity?
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 rica-still-the-land-of-opportunity
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