The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Below is an article from the Boston Globe that inspired interesting comments. Two of them are offered below the line for consideration. The arrogance divide Why can’t liberals capture the populist moment? By Neal Gabler Boston Globe, February 22, 2011 A RECENT essay in Boston Review by historian William Hogeland pondered a perplexing political question: …
This article is adapted from a talk that Bob Fuller recently gave at a TEDx event in Berkeley, appearing in both Huffington Post and Psychology Today. Both versions are linked here. Robert Fuller Author, “Somebodies and Nobodies” and “All Rise: Somebodies, Nobodies, and the Politics of Dignity” Huffington Post, March 6, 2011 08:02 PM The …
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Phi Beta Iota: We concur with Contributor John Steiner, who sends this direct message from Link TV for consideration by one and all. They have been added as both a Professional Site and a Righteous Site. Dear Friend, Sometimes in the life of an organization, there is a defining moment— one that validates everything you …
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PART I: The Only Way to Fix the Deficit–Multiply Jobs (William Drayton) PART II: Nice Ideas But So Is Icing Cover Feces (Robert Steele) PART III: Create Jobs? As an End In Themselves? To Do What? Why? (Alexander Carpenter) PART IV: Related Recommended Reading (Robert Steele) The core take-away (from PART III) Beyond its inherent …
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Finding the 18th camel…. 15,000 tribes in touch with one another The secret to peace is not easy, not new, but it is simple: We are the secret to peace, Us acting as a surrounding community. The circle revisited… The third side of any conflict is those not party to the conflict. TEDX Presentation on …
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‘Beyond Madness’: Obama’s War on Terror Setting Nuclear-Armed Pakistan on Fire Rather than seeking to stabilize Pakistan, General David Petraeus has been irresponsibly lighting matches with his shortsighted use of Special Forces and drone strikes by Fred Branfman EXCERPT 1: But rather than seeking to stabilize Pakistan, General David Petraeus has, incredibly, been irresponsibly lighting …
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