- Sometimes it seems as if "Conversation" has become a bad word in our country, as if talking to someone not in complete agreement with you is a sign of weakness. Sometimes it seems as if Anger is the only energizing force we allow ourselves. I believe in a different America. An America where two people can disagree but still respect the basic humanity of the other person. An America where it is possible to disagree without hate, to talk without shouting. I believe, even still, in the ideal of the United States of America, a democracy where each person has the right to pursue their own life, and have their own opinion. If our country is less great than it once was, it is because we have slipped away from this idea, this belief that all men and women have the right to choose the course of their own lives, and their own opinions. It is both the left and the right that have slipped away from this idea, allowed their anger to somehow convince themselves to question the humanity of the other side. Sometimes it seems that fighting anger with reason is impossible. But if history has proven anything, it is that reason does always eventually win. This blog is my effort to again have a conversation, to replace anger with reason. I hope you will join me in a conversation, and together we can recapture the faith in our country and our citizens that made America great.
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Monthly Archives: January 2011
Why Nations Rise
A nation’s ability to rise is dependent upon harnessing the potential of its individual citizens. The distribution of this potential doesn’t respect class or racial lines; rather it is distributed throughout the society as a whole. Potential leads to dissatisfaction, … Continue reading
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Cost and Transparency in End of Life Care
One possible approach to the growing cost of end of life care is to make a person’s estate responsible for half of the cost of care during the last three months of a person’s life. This would leave medical decisions … Continue reading
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The Taliban and Democracy
The almost unrelenting stream of bad news from Afghanistan is sparking a debate as to whether or not the U.S. can win against the Taliban. However we need to ask ourselves a far more fundamental question: would the Taliban win … Continue reading
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Welfare and Equality of Opportunity
In a democracy, government should work to extend equality of opportunity, to ensure that each individual has the ability to take control of his or her own life. Our welfare system should be one of the tools government uses to … Continue reading
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Is the United States in decline?
Is the United States in decline? Are we destined to become a shell of the country we once were? This underlying thought, the concern that somehow our country’s best days are behind it, I think drives the intensity of the … Continue reading
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Where was Beck Eight Years Ago
TV Host Glenn Beck has a picture wall of people he believes part of a subtle conspiracy to turn our country socialist. But the wall has a glaring gap – Glenn, where is George Bush’s picture? And where were you … Continue reading →