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"To discover to the world something which deeply concerns it, and of which it was previously ignorant; to prove to it that it had been mistaken on some vital point of temporal or spiritual interest, is as important a service as a human being can render to his fellow creatures..." John Stuart Mill, "On Liberty"

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Monday, August 13, 2018

When Does No Drama Make For A Better Show and a Better Government?

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Deep inside our first reality TV presidency, one designed, whether you like the policy or not, to squeeze maximum drama from every encounter...

Friday, August 3, 2018

Is Hope or Change Ever Possible After Trump?

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Once upon a time, hope and change formed the basis of our political discourse. That now seems so long ago. Remember a time when the Koch b...

Sunday, March 13, 2016

Obama and the Black Community - Seven Years Later

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Last week Elizabeth Warren gave a scathing speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate, about the seven year efforts, on the part of Republicans...

Thursday, January 14, 2010

The responsibility of command

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In the entire history of the US, only forty-four men have known exactly what it feels like to have the full weight of the nations security ...

Thursday, November 5, 2009

One year and counting......

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One year ago this week we concluded one of the most transformative Presidential campaigns of all times. A campaign and an election that wil...

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Jonathan Alter on 100 Days: FDR vs. Obama

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Last week we marked President Obama’s first 100 days. Now that the dust and the hype have settled, we can really take a look at what we’ve l...

Friday, May 1, 2009

What Obama sees

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It's impossible to emphasize enough how different our current President is from the last one. Regardless of policy, simply the ability t...

Friday, April 10, 2009

Obamaism

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For those that still don't understand how good Obama is, how he got elected and how is long view is far more conservative than radical, ...

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Jeff Schechtman: Napa, California, United States; I grew up during the Kennedy Presidency. It was a time when the best and the brightest sat center stage in the nation's psyche. I've always remembered the story, that at an arts gala at the White House, Kennedy looked around the room and proclaimed it "the greatest gathering of talent since Thomas Jefferson dined alone." Without the benefit of such trappings, I've had the opportunity, for the past nineteen years, to have a seat at an international banquet of ideas and history. My radio program provided me a unique opportunity to "travel" around the world and speak to thousands of the most imaginative thinkers and leaders in the arenas of politics, religion, journalism, business, popular culture, academics, science, economics, history, and medicine. During these years, I have taken many people with me on this journey. It has been a momentous time. The trauma of politics, the onslaught of technology, the insights of science, and the changes in the human condition make this a period almost unequaled in history. I'm excited that technology has now made it possible for me to take more of you along with me on this journey.

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