How America Views Achievement
Over the last century an old idea has gained new currency in American culture—the idea that equality of achievement is the [...]
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12, 2016
Our Relationship with Time
Does time really move faster when we are late for an appointment and trapped in a traffic jam but slower [...]
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12, 2016
Christmas and Forgiveness
“I can never forgive Trump for the things he said about John McCain, Ted Cruz, Carly Fiorina, and all the [...]
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12, 2016
Memo from the National Liberal Journalists’ Association
[Author’s note: The sender of the following memo evidently mistook me for an NLJA member] Dear NLJA member: I needn’t [...]
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12, 2016
American Leaders “Still Don’t Get It”
The person closest to a task is in the best position to identify its imperfections. This idea, one of the [...]
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12, 2016
Restoring Respect for Others
Over the past sixty or so years, respect for others has diminished in our culture; today even the related obligation [...]
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11, 2016
Reflections On Giving Thanks
The Gospel passage selected for Thanksgiving Day, 2016 was the story of the ten lepers that Jesus cleansed: “Now one [...]
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11, 2016
A Crucial Education Reform
With a new administration comes renewed hope of meaningful education reform. Among the most needed reforms is one that ought [...]
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11, 2016
The Challenge of Healing America
Throughout Election Day I suffered from what might be termed anticipatory depression. I dreaded that the outcome shamefully engineered by [...]
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11, 2016
Envisioning America in 2050
Forecasting the future is an inexact enterprise at best. Yet examining current conditions and trends is a helpful way of [...]