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Regular thoughts on the human condition and corporate social responsibility by the CEO of a "for-benefit"company.
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It's April 4, 1968. Dr. King has been shot and killed in Memphis, Tennessee. A few hundred miles away, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, campaigning for the Democratic Presidential nomination, is scheduled to appear before a large crowd in a dangerous black...
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Our current economic model -- implemented all across the globe as the partner platform to advancing "democracy" in developing nations -- is not sustainable. The time has come for us to recognize that any model that is dependent on over-consumption...
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The war is coming to a close. There are deep divisions in the US between hawks and doves, between blacks and whites, between those who want the firm hand of a central government and those who believe in the autonomy of the states, between those who support...
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Margot Carmichael Lester is an amazing educator, deeply involved with public school disctricts all across the US. As we approach a reassessment of "No Child Left Behind" I asked Margot to write a blog post for us on improving teaching outcomes...
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This whole week, the folks in my office are working together to learn about freedom and history and, more specifically, civil rights and racism. Many served in the community with colleagues and family members yesterday on Martin Luther King Day -- "a...
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Today we celebrate the life and contributions of Dr. Martin Luther King... now viewed -- in the words of biographer Harvard Sitkoff -- as "a moderate, respectable ally of Presidents and a facile spokesperson for the American Dream." Indeed,...
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Tony Romeo off to Cancun with Jessica! Marine Murder Suspect Found! Or, how about this: College Students Build Basketball Court for Indigenous Community! I was supposed to have been in Chiapas, Mexico, last week with a few co-workers to serve alongside...
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Like most of you, I have been overexposed to the tv news media for the last few days. And, as several of you have commented, I much prefer the relative sanity of the print media. Still, I find myself wondering why they both insist on covering polling...
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It's barely dawn in the Gulf of Tonkin on August 4, 1964 and the US warship Turner Joy is under attack by the North Vietnamese. 21 torpedoes, machine gun fire... the ship is evading and counter-attacking: full battle stations, high drama in international...
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One out of two isn't bad... I told you Mrs. Clinton might be a distant third and she was. What I missed was more important: a black man won a Presidential preference caucus in a white state. And, by doing so, Barack Obama proved that this process...
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Tonight, it will be 19 degrees in Iowa, a dramatic improvement over last night. And about 120,000 Democrats will go into homes, schools and churches and choose, in full public view, the presidential nominee of their party. Across town, in a slightly different...
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I can't remember a time when a few days away from the office was more helpful to me. Like most folks, I took some time to reflect on 2007 and to look ahead to the new year. I have been so very blessed in so many ways and, watching my kids relax at...
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In my faith community, we celebrated today the birth of Jesus Christ, who we believe is our Lord and Saviour. I don't think we have a monopoly on salvation by any means, but I do think those who follow the teachings of Christ to the best of our all...
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In the last couple of years, encouraged by an unending stream of celebrities, we finally began to respond to the horrific human catastrophe in Darfur. Apparently, the murders of as many as 500,000 people, countless rapes and some 2.5 million refugees...
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I met a man recently whose work inspired me. He is Phillip Mangano, Executive Director of the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness -- the senior US Federal official on homelessness. Coordinating the efforts of some 2 dozen governmental agencies...
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