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As the 2008 Presidential Campaign continues on, I find it interesting that many people are adamant to have an outsider sitting in the Oval office next go-around, someone who has yet to be tained by Capitol Hill.
Governor Palin, the Republican Vice-presidential nominee is an outsider having spent little time outside Alaska. She [...]
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I set up Google Alerts to notify me when anyone uses the term open to difference, and I quickly found it in the title of an article at Harvard Magazine called, “Open to Difference - Three alumnae rabbis help redefine an ancient calling.”
This article explores how female rabbis, who would have been banned [...]
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Numerous organizations are advocating for new policies and for the end of the Iraq War or occupation (whatever you choose to call it). Protests have been organized from time to time and criticism of the Bush Administration has become common place. Liberals and even some conservatives want change. But can an organization or [...]
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Organizations have been created and studies have been conducted to foster improved relations among different generations, as they are thought to be less united than years past. Retirement communities where residents must be 55 years of age or older ensure that like-minded older adults or at least people with similar interests, socioeconomic backgrounds, [...]
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If you’re not happy with my driving and give me the finger, I’ll wave back.
I’m not sure when I started doing this, but I enjoy watching how people respond to my wave since they assume that I’ll be returning with the finger as well. I give them what they least expect. It [...]
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Open to Difference suggests an openness towards points of view, opinions, and ideas that differ from your own. It implies a willingness to listen, learn, and question, exploring different ways of thinking and allowing for new ones to emerge through discussion.
In a corporate kind of way, this Apple commercial highlights the power of thinking open [...]
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In his inaugural address, Franklin D. Roosevelt said:
This great Nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper. So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself—nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert [...]
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Much has been said about the media and how it manipulates the public by presenting some points of view and not others, perpetuating fears towards different individuals and groups, and furthering partisan politics.
The Internet has fostered new forms of journalism, allowing different voices to be heard; nevertheless, television and networks such as MSN, [...]
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I have heard the pro’s and con’s of immigration many times, and while proponents of each story make legitimate points, it’s common to hear from people on both sides of the aisle that immigrants must shed their historic identities and adopt the ways of their new country - assimilate and melt away, implying [...]
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Just a few weeks ago, Tim Russert, NBC News’ Washington Bureau Chief and moderator of Meet the Press, had a heart attack while preparing for his Fathers Day Sunday show. For the last few years, I have spent my Sunday mornings watching Tim do his thing. And while I never thought about him [...]
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