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Entries by Michael Sigman from 10/2011

What's Wrong With America's Obsession With Goals

| Posted 10.09.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Healthy Living Health News, Stop Goal Obsession, Healthy Living Spirit, Unplug and Recharge, Obsession of Goals, Letting Go of Goals, Emotional Intelligence, Healthy Living News

To say that American society is preoccupied with both individual and organizational goal-attainment -- with an emphasis on "stretch" or "audacious" goals -- is an understatement.

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Note to GOP: Sometimes an Opinion Isn't Just an Opinion

| Posted 10.12.2011 | Politics
Read More: Mitch McConnell, Michele Bachmann, Rachel Maddow, Robert Jeffress, Ron Paul, Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney, Christianity, Mormonism, Hillary Clinton, Jon Kyl, Rick Perry, Barack Obama, Chris Matthews, Lawrence O'Donnell, Politics News

Senator Jon Kyl (R. AZ) advanced the art of GOP prevarication last April when he claimed that Planned Parenthood spends 90% of its budget on abortions. The grossness of the falsehood -- the correct figure is 3%, not 90 -- was par for the course.

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'Tis the Season for Poor Political Prognostication

| Posted 10.20.2011 | Politics
Read More: Lawrence O'Donnell, George Will, Bill Kristol, Dick Morris, Barack Obama, Political Predictions, Political Pundits, Political Forecast, Pundits, Political Prediction Fails, Political Forecast Fails, Politics News

Depending on what hour you read this, Romney is or is not inevitable, Cain is or is not the flavor of the month and Obama is a goner or is sure to win a second term. To be heard above the din, commentators are making more outrageous predictions -- and more creative excuses to avoid accountability -- than ever.

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As '60s Rockers Turn 70, They Inspire Our Inner 14-Year-Olds

| Posted 10.25.2011 | Fifty
Read More: The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Louis Armstrong, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, The Doors, Bob Dylan, Simon and Garfunkel, The Kinks, The Byrds, Pete Fornatale, Chuck Berry, Voyager Spacecraft, Martin Scorsese, Fifty News

Our pop treasures are still an essential part of who we are, so when we sit on that park bench we can remember them in all their detailed glory -- without CDs, iTunes or iPods.

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GOP's Finest in Fierce Battle to Become 2012 Jester-in-Chief

| Posted 10.31.2011 | Comedy
Read More: 2012 Election, Republican Nomination, Tea Party, GOP Candidates, Satire, Elections 2012, Political Humor, GOP Candidates 2012, Comedy News

When Tea Partiers warned the Feds to stay away from their Medicare, little did we know they were foreshadowing the all-out battle now raging among Republicans for the role of Jester-In-Chief.

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