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October 17, 2011

The Great Restoration

Behind the noise of our activist protest movements hums a quiet engine of determined Americans trying to repair our economic values.
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Published on October 17, 2011 21:00

October 13, 2011

The Thing Itself

The rebuilding of ground zero offers a lesson in how to marry monumental vision with pragmatic know-how.
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Published on October 13, 2011 21:00

October 10, 2011

The Milquetoast Radicals

The Occupy Wall Street movement is playing small ball with false equivalencies.
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Published on October 10, 2011 21:00

October 6, 2011

Where Are the Jobs?

There has been incredible innovation in information technology, but the pace of change has slowed in other sectors.
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Published on October 06, 2011 21:00

October 3, 2011

In Defense of Romney

Mitt Romney does not fit the exciting mold Republicans think they want, but he may be just what the times require.
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Published on October 03, 2011 21:00

September 29, 2011

The Limits of Empathy

The ability to identify with other people is an important prerequisite for moral behavior, but it's not the only one.
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Published on September 29, 2011 21:00

September 26, 2011

The Lost Decade?

Insular thinking and rigid ideas are holding the United States back from productive engagement with its most important problems.
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Published on September 26, 2011 21:00

September 22, 2011

The Amateur Ideal

People seem to do best when they have to wrestle between commercialism and values. So, no, let's not pay college athletes.
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Published on September 22, 2011 21:00

September 19, 2011

Obama Rejects Obamaism

The president cannot transcend himself. It's back to politics as usual.
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Published on September 19, 2011 21:00

September 15, 2011

The Planning Fallacy

The historical pattern of financial crises has been universally acknowledged and universally ignored.
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Published on September 15, 2011 21:00

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