Thursday, December 31, 2009

Thank You

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Since January of 2009 It has been my singular pleasure to put 262 posts up on this site. Interviews and conversations and links covering ev...
Monday, December 28, 2009

The unbalanced work/life balance

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Imagine how different so many aspects of our society and our economy would be if the whole idea of retirement and a "life plan" we...
Thursday, December 24, 2009

and Polar Bears....oh my

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As the world dithers and debates what to do about climate change, polar bears have become the poster children for all aspect of the deba...
Monday, December 21, 2009

A Fiery Peace

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Neil Sheehan is the embodiment of why good journalism is both necessary and relevant. In his new book A Fiery Peace in a Cold War: Bernard...
Wednesday, December 16, 2009

The Naked City

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While those that love cities often claim to love their authenticity,  we still want them to have the latest trendy cafe, boutiques, and gal...
Monday, December 14, 2009

Pandemic!

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According to the Center for Disease control, we are in the midst of an Influenza pandemic that begin in April of this year.  Flu activity i...
Thursday, December 10, 2009

I'm from the government and I'm here to help.....

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As government attempts huge undertakings in healthcare, the environment, and the economy, how can we make sure that these often exciting pla...
Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Why we need a new Enlightenment

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More than at any other time since the Enlightenment, we fear science as much as we embrace it. Our technical and scientific capabilities hav...
Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Understanding Obama

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Many biographers have told and retold Barack Obama's story.  Yet we are still left wondering what makes Obama tick.  What accounts for ...
Monday, December 7, 2009

Goeffrey Canada does "Whatever it takes"

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As you might have seen on 60 minutes, this past Sunday night, educational visionary Geoffrey Canada asked what it would take to change the...
Friday, December 4, 2009

Vietnam still matters

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Be it in Bosnia, Iraq or Afghanistan, whenever there is a US military commitment, the specter of Vietnam still haunts us.  As the President...
Thursday, December 3, 2009

Fundamentally wrong.

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Religion, more specifically faith has, like almost everything else in our society has become polarized.  The irony is that the very discussi...
Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Are sports the only way out?

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Now a hit motion picture, Michael Lewis's the The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game takes us inside the heart and soul of football and e...

Is this China's Century?

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For over two hundred years we've lived in a Western centric world.  Modernity and progress have been defined as being Western.  Today Ch...
Monday, November 30, 2009

Biden v. Cheney

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For better or worse, Dick Cheney redefined the role of the modern Vice President.  By creating his own executive branch inside the Bush Whit...
Wednesday, November 25, 2009

A Rainbow in the Night

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As we Americans celebrate a small group of European settlers who landed on our shores, it's worthwhile to stop and look at the impact o...
Sunday, November 22, 2009

Fourty-Six years and we still are seeking the truth

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Forty-six years after the murder of John F. Kennedy new information continues to come to light.  The link between a secret coup planned by ...
Friday, November 20, 2009

Tales from a Rock 'n' Roll Life

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In a business as transient a journalism it is remarkable that Robert Hilburn was the pop music critic for the Los Angels Times for 35 year...

Literary Catholics

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We've had two guests recently whose conversion to Catholicism is both surprising and literary.  Both came to their faith late in life, y...
Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Why we miss Molly Ivins

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As a journalist she was ahead of her time.  As a columnist she was the last of a dying breed.  She was one of the most provocative, courageo...