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Don’t Swallow the Lie
Our culture is falling prey to the notion that pronouncing something right or wrong, true or false is sufficient for belief or disbelief. Facts, where they may exist, are too often selected only to prove our pre-existing convictions, rarely to … Continue reading
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Tagged creativity, dialogue, dogma, first amendment, founding fathers, freedom of speech, media bias, news reporting, objectivity, responsibility, Samuel Johnson, science
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Resorting to Power Reflects Failure of Leadership
As Dana Milbank pointed out in Wednesday’s Post, the administration needs to come clean with the facts on which it is basing a decision to intervene unilaterally in Syria. This momentous decision should not be made in sealed rooms by … Continue reading
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Tagged consensus, constitution, current affairs, current-events, dogma, freedom, international affairs, leadership, Middle East, military power, politics, power, Syria, terror, unilateral action, United Nations, war
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Seeking Unbound Lives
Republicans are frantically seeking someone to blame for their completely predictable election defeat last week. But all their carping and evasion hasn’t yet revealed the most obvious explanation. The United States in 2012 moved closer to its Founders’ vision of … Continue reading
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Tagged competitiveness, current-events, diversity, dogma, election, election results, freedom, ideology, immigration policy, leadership, politics, presidency, presidential election
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High Streams: Sorting fact from belief 