NY State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman – Thursday, May 23rd, 2013 – MEM...
The Common Good will be joined on Thursday, May 23rd by guest speaker New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman for an intimate luncheon...
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Bipartisan Background Check Bill Fails in Senate
Even though polls show that 90 percent of Americans favor background checks for gun buyers, a background check bill failed to clear the Senate today....
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Middle East Update with Elliott Abrams – Wednesday, April 17th
Elliott Abrams, senior fellow for Middle Eastern Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and former adviser to two Presidents, will join The Common Good as part of our Middle East Series, for a luncheon briefing on security concerns in the...
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Learning to Live with Terror Precautions in Israel and Turkey
As we await our Middle East briefing tomorrow from Elliot Abrams, senior fellow for Middle Eastern Studies at The Council on Foreign Relations, an...
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Abrams: Egypt’s Precarious Democracy, Economy and Politics
Elliott Abrams, who will be updating The Common Good on the latest in Middle East politics, posts about the precarious political and economic state...
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Background Checks, Immigration, Entitlements; Gridlock Pause?
“Budget. Immigration. Guns. The Notorious B.I.G. agenda could very well become law in 2013, defying our expectations for political paralysis...
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Glimmers of Bipartisanship on Mental Health Care
“…Unlike other initiatives that the Senate is likely to vote on — expanded background checks, a restriction on high-capacity ammunition...
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The Presidential Budget, Seeking the Grand Bargain
“With time running out to strike a deal in 2013 — and no deal likely in 2014, an election year — the president must now step forward as the...
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More Reasons for New York State Public Campaign Financing
“Of all the proposed reforms, the most critical is to open up elections so that voters have real choices. And that means creating a workable...
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Listening to each other will solve the gun issue
“There doesn’t have to be a conflict between protecting our citizens and protecting our Second Amendment rights.”- President Barack...
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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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Next Phase of Syrian War
“Although the Syrian revolution is two years old, the rebel forces still haven’t formed a unified command… they lack anything...
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