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Reconciling Local Differences in South Carolina
After the Civil War, Robert E. Lee urged one Southerner: “Madam, don’t bring up your sons to detest the United States government. Recollect that...
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Second Dinner for President Obama and Republican Senators
In good news for those who favor civil dialogue and working together for the common good, President Obama has scheduled a second dinner with...
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President Obama Visits Israel
“Time is of the essence–so fragile is the balance between war and peace in the Middle East.” – Marvin Kalb Why Is Obama Going...
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Beginnings of Bipartisanship in DC?
“Hope about anything in our politics seems outlandishly risky these days. But we have had a taste of how less-rigid partisanship can enliven...
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Obama’s Dinner with the G.O.P
“I would suggest that the approach of campaigning in America and really being quite confrontational hasn’t been working so well and so I’m...
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Common Good Notes from President Obama’s Inaugural Speech
President Obama’s 2013 inaugural speech is being widely discussed as one of his best. Quoting from the Declaration of Independence and calling...
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DC Gridlock on Hold, but not for Long
While the Presidential inauguration seemed to offer Washington a day of respite from its usual gridlock, the issues that led to the breakdown have...
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Obama Inaugural Speech: Looking Ahead, Looking Back
Before President Obama gave his second and final inaugural speech today, leading media outlets weighed in on what the President might try to...
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Colin Powell: GOP Suffers ‘Dark Vein of Intolerance’
On Sunday’s “Meet the Press” on NBC, former Secretary of State Colin Powell took on what he called a “a dark vein of...
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Dysfunction and Futility in DC Debt Ceiling Fight
From the Brookings Institution, an explanation of why the debt ceiling debate that keeps coming up between Congressional Republicans and the White...
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Now Parties of the Right are Prisoners of Ideology
Philip Stephens FT 1-4-13 — “Whatever happened to conservative pragmatism? Ideology used to belong to parties of the left. The right...
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