Archive for the ‘tragedy’ Category
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Japan Syndrome
Posted on March 14, 2011
According to news reports, the latest earthquake pushed Japan thirteen feet closer to the United States. On an Earth that charts movement in millimeters, not yards, that is an amazing...
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Tsunami
Posted on March 12, 2011
I neglected to turn on the television this morning, and I read the paper oblivious to what was occurring on the other side of the earth. David Brooks wrote a...
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It’s A Dangerous World Out There
Posted on February 17, 2011
Amid all of the excitement about how wonderful the revolution is in Egypt, an element of the Egyptian mob reminded us that all is not sweetness and light in the...
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Making the Personal Profound
Posted on January 13, 2011
President Obama spoke from the heart last night, and it worked for him and for the country. He made the intensely personal profound. By highlighting first the lives of those...
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Capitol Hill Tragedy
Posted on January 12, 2011
I have lived on and off Capitol Hill now for more than 20 years. I lived on the Hill in the early 1990’s during the bad old days, when the...
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