For research, Mr. Scanlon, co-writers Daniel Gerson and Robert L. Baird, and a team of artists visited Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of California, Berkeley.
Political, academic, and business leaders gathered under a monumental painting of Massachusetts Senator Daniel Webster debating South Carolina Senator Robert Hayne in 1830.
Local revenues have grown 20% annually in the last five years, thanks mainly to the entrepreneurial efforts of owners like the Cowboys' Jerry Jones, the Washington Redskins' Daniel Snyder and the Patriots' Robert Kraft, whose teams, combined, account for 20% of the league's local revenue.