<p><span class="deck">A distinguished journalist and former presidential adviser says that, to find the meaning of any news story, we must dig for its roots in the past.</span></p>
<p><span class="deck">Americans have been launching time capsules into the future for over a century now, and, today, we’re creating more than ever. Why is it that so few reach their destination? And that so many merely bore their recipients?</span></p>
