The “Power of &” goes economic
Are you like me and horribly confused by just how we got to this economic precipice? Have you noticed two distinctly different versions of the story from each political campaign? Well, as usual, the...
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An interesting conversation last night between liberal talk show host Rachel Maddow and conservative former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee relevant to our upcoming January 13 “Faith...
View ArticleFriedman: All Fall Down
Thomas Friedman, from yesterday’s New York Times:“So many people were in on it: People who had no business buying a home, with nothing down and nothing to pay for two years; people who had no business...
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Liz Joyner: The Darwin bicentennial and shades of gray
On a recent London holiday (my mini-tribute to Mother England for her role in providing me so fine a vacation experience), my Westminster Abbey tour found me standing directly atop the grave of...
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Who’s the culprit in the financial meltdown?
“It’s like Murder on the Orient Express. At the end, every single person stuck a knife in the victim.” – Susie Welch, BusinessWeek“There are 300 million villains here and they are the great American...
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Duck!Rabbit!
Thanks to my conservative friend Lea for finding Duck!Rabbit! (we’ll leave it to your imagination as to how she found such a thing).Co-author Tom Lichtenheld describes the first incarnation of...
View Article“It can’t be about arguing. If you win, you lose.”
Join filmmaker Craig Detweiler and journalist John Marks in “Purple State of Mind: Finding Middle Ground in a Divided Culture” on Tuesday April 21. Details HERE.
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Using the words that make you feel good
I promised commentary on the post two down on a Wall Street Journal piece about why America might just split up.First, I have to confess that I give the piece good marks on a couple of points: 1. It is...
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The power of “AND” once again…
“The fundamental problem that we’ve got in America today – apart from the economics – is that conflict makes good politics. Sharp ideology and all this stuff that’s been very successful politically,...
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