Think back a mere two months ago. Think back to just before the November election that, for the third time in four years, voters threw one party out and tossed the other in, like a coach grasping for a winning combination of players. America is undergoing a transformation. Our citizens have been polarized between the […]
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It figures it would take the Udall family to bring a touch of good-naturedness to the center of American government and politics — the U.S. Congress. Prodded by the tragedy of the Tucson, Arizona, shooting, Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colorado, has enthusiastically embraced the centrist idea proposed by Third Way to foster an era of Congressional […]
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Good news: Representative Gabrielle “Gabby” Giffords will be released from the hospital, where she has been recovering from a gunshot to the head. Giffords, whom colleagues describe as a fighter, is now in Houston to start rehabilitation. It seems the country is feeling a lot better, too. But it’s a strange feeling, coming off a […]
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Let us draw a bright line between the actions of the troubled young man in Arizona, Jared L. Loughner, and the violent political rhetoric of our politicians from both sides.
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“Our democracy is a light — a beacon, really — around the world because we effect change at the ballot box and not because of these outbursts of violence.” –Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, March 2010 Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is the best kind of politician: a noble one. She lifts politics to a noble art of people-caring […]
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