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Mar.19.2008
When I read earlier this week these words of the Dalai Lama on the Chinese murders of Tibetans demonstrating for human rights and self-determination, I was moved by the depth of helplessness expressed by this great teacher who is seldom seen as shaken. The Dalai Lama's quiet words struck me as it...
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Mar.18.2008
US readers might be surprised to know that the primaries are dominating the attention of the rest of the world. They often head the nightly news bulletins from London to Lima, and the level of interest among the wider population - particularly in the UK - is unprecedented. Everyone knows the...
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Mar.17.2008
Ask anyone concerned with the growth and healing of people and institutions—a therapist, a religious leader, an addict in 12-step recovery, a motivational speaker, or that consultant your company brings in for team-building workshops—and they’ll all agree on one principle: you can’t solve a problem...
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Mar.16.2008
Dear Senator Obama and Senator Clinton,
I just returned from Great Britain, where the question on everyone's lips, from library ladies to a reporter from the South China Morning Post was, "Will Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama make peace and form a winning ticket? Can't you talk sense to them...
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Mar.05.2008
I have political fatigue.
A dream ticket that would be headed up by Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton -- on which one gifted Democrat would agree to have the other's back -- is perhaps not possible in a cynical nation. Even devoted public servants are vulnerable where pride takes precedence over...
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Mar.05.2008
Some liberal commentators and voters are so insulted that Hillary Clinton gathered support in Texas and Ohio that they have said that if Hillary Clinton is the nominee, they will simply stay home and let John McCain win.
They say that Hillary has so disappointed them with negative campaigning...
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Mar.01.2008
David Ignatius has just written a column in the Washington Post expressing his doubts that Barack Obama will be an effective bipartisan "bridge builder" because he "has not shown much willingness to take risks or make enemies to try to restore a working center in Washington."...
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Feb.28.2008
The Law of Unintended Consequences says that the unintended consequences of an action are likely to have more impact that the ones that were intended. I have absolutely no doubt that it is correct.
Look anywhere: Hillary Clinton thought attacks on opponents by her husband (who has since been...
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Feb.28.2008
The bad news for me is that, because of family conflicts, I won't be able to go to Ohio to help canvass for Obama before the primary. (I guess this is why most political volunteers are a lot younger or a lot older than I am. This kid-career-engagement-with-the-greater- world act is quite a trick.)...
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Feb.26.2008
What keeps me confident in my support for Barack Obama, more than anything, is his grace under fire. With rare exceptions, he retains a poise in the face of attack unlike any I've seen from a politician in years, unlike any I've seen from a Democrat in my adult life. His supporters do not always...
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