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Is healthcare reform dead?

Posted by Mark on Sunday, March 7th, 2010. Filed under Living, Politics.

I think this particular go-round of healthcare legislative initiatives, yes, is dead. So much misinformation, so much anger, so many ...

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Talking about “my generation”

Posted by Mark on Sunday, February 21st, 2010. Filed under Economy, Education, Environment, Politics.

"Our parents truly were the Greatest Generation. We, alas, in too many ways, have been what the writer Kurt Andersen ...

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More about TED

Posted by Mark on Saturday, February 20th, 2010. Filed under Digital lifestyle, Politics.

On a number of occasions I have posted TED (originally for "Technology, Entertainment and Design") conference talks. For those of ...

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“10 cents and an autographed picture of Dick Cheney”

Posted by Mark on Sunday, January 17th, 2010. Filed under Politics.

It's been some time since I've shared one of Friedman's columns, but his first paragraph today pretty much sums up ...

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The last word (I wish)

Posted by Mark on Friday, January 8th, 2010. Filed under Online video, Politics, Reading.

If only these two could be the last words on the Christmas terror attempt. Jon Stewart and Christopher Buckley should ...

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Storytelling on the national political scene

Posted by Mark on Sunday, November 1st, 2009. Filed under Advertising, Branding, Politics.

Thomas Friedman's column today is an ode to storytelling ... and advice to President Obama ...

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Bono on Obama’s Peace Prize

Posted by Mark on Sunday, October 18th, 2009. Filed under Living, Politics.

From an "axis of evil" to one of extremism, through Bono's eyes ... from an op-ed ...

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Big Springsteen fan in NJ governor’s race

Posted by Mark on Wednesday, September 30th, 2009. Filed under Politics.

Jim Nugent passed this along from the Times. Seems Christopher Christie is a bigger Bruuuuuce fan than even Nuge. Kind ...

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Spirited dialogue from four of the best

Posted by Mark on Monday, September 7th, 2009. Filed under Online video, Politics.

Tom Freidman, Tom Brokaw, Harold Washington and Rudy Giuliani mix it up on Meet The Press. This clip is good. ...

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Six degrees of Max Baucus

Posted by Mark on Sunday, July 26th, 2009. Filed under Economy, Politics.

Want to see one of the reasons healthcare reform is so difficult? Check out ...

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