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Wisdom Comes to the White House

By Paul | Published: November 5, 2008
As I watched the blue numbers climb yesterday, I had a sense of relief and satisfaction. (I suspect it was the same kind of feeling had by those who watched George Bush’s numbers climb in 2000 and 2004. Of course, I know today many of those same people are glum and dispirited and angry.) Obama’s [...]
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Elections and Equanimity

By Paul | Published: November 1, 2008
By 8:00 p.m. PST Tuesday, November 4, the United States of America will have elected its 44th president. At 57 years old, I’ve been through a few elections. Being a 9-year-old Catholic in 1960, I remember the controversy around John Kennedy’s candidacy: If elected, he would take orders directly from the Pope – and good-bye [...]
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