Modern-day Magellan
The New America Foundation, a nonpartisan think tank, prides itself on developing innovative policy solutions for the betterment of America.
But, if co-founder Ted Halstead is any example, the most innovative way to better your own life is to marry a venture capitalist, sail around the world and develop land in Costa Rica.
Halstead, as noted in the latest National Journal, is stepping down as president of the New America Foundation to join his new wife, Veronique Bardach, on a whirlwind jaunt outside our borders.
Hey, it sure beats churning out white papers on domestic policy.
