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Drugs: Losing the Longest War

Michael Kaplan | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Durgs, Marijuana, Los Zetas, War, Addiction, Failure, Policy, Methamphetamine, Cocaine, Politics News
Michael Kaplan

On October 14, 1982, President Ronald Reagan declared war on drugs ... again. There have been one or two conflicts in human history that lasted longer -- though we'd better win this before 2012, or we'll find ourselves alone in a league with the Hundred Years' War.

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Why Messing Up Is Good For You

Therese Borchard | Posted 08.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Anxiety, Perfectionism, Happiness, The Inner Life, Failing, Screw Up, Messing Up, Average, Failure, Screwing Up, Living News
Therese Borchard

I've been "mastering" my perfectionism problem this summer, as contradictory as that statement sounds. I joined a Masters swimming program knowing fu...

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Mayoral Control of Schools: The New Tyranny

Gerald Bracey | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tyranny, Arne Duncan, Chicago, Michael Bloomberg, Joel Klein, Propaganda, Mayoral Control, Democracy, Failure, Education Reform, New York, Politics News
Gerald Bracey

School boards are fractious and try to micromanage. They are amateurs and prisoners of deeply rooted school bureaucracies. But do mayors do better?

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The Acceptance of Failure as a Spur to Innovation

Craig Newmark | Posted 08.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Innovation, Failure, Social Innovation, Business News
Craig Newmark

In Silicon Valley, failure is just a normal phase of one's career.

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The Arrival or the Journey

Jen Grisanti | Posted 08.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Success, Spiritual Journey, Inner Life, Achievement, Failure, Resistance, Journey, Business, Spirituality, Self-Doubt, Self-Help, Living News
Jen Grisanti

Facing one's fear and moving past the resistance is integral in the act of creating something from nothing. But what are we afraid of? Why do we resist?

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Flash! FAA Requires More Data Points on Airbus A330. Volunteers, Anyone?

Gerald Sindell | Posted 07.13.2009 | World

Read More: No One Could Have Anticipated, Colgan Air, Air France, Failure, Faa, Flight 447 Search, World News
Gerald Sindell

Every air accident is the result of someone failing to imagine or anticipate a combination of circumstances that should have been anticipated by someone. And I'll be you dollars to donuts that someone, or maybe even a whole lot of someones that worked on the design of the Airbus A330 has a pretty good idea of what went wrong.

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Goodbye/Hello 7 "Human Rights Gone Wrong"

Patt Cottingham | Posted 06.13.2009 | World

Read More: Failure, Human Rights Council, Vaclav Havel, Courage, Human Rights Activists, Un, Zimbabwe, Terror States, Abuse, Governments, Uzbekistan, China, Myanmar, Dictators, Iran, Death Sentences, Belarus, Credibility, Russia, Executions, Sudan, Cuba, Us, Humanity, North Korea, Regimes, Expediency, World News
Patt Cottingham

Goodbye to seating inhumane governments and regimes at the human rights table. Hello to removing inhumane governments and regimes at the human rights table.

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The Paradox Of Failure: The Other "F" Word

Dr. Judith Rich | Posted 05.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Success, Honda Motors, Elizabeth Gilbert, Failure, Entrepreneurship, Robert Sutton, Biggest Failure Award, Randy Komisar, Living News
Dr. Judith Rich

This is the 8th installment in the ongoing series Impossible To Inevitable: Dare To Dream Big ...

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Baseball Bonuses

Jeff Danziger | Posted 04.26.2009 | Home

Read More: Reward, Failure, Baseball, Aig Bonuses, Political Cartoons, Cartoon, Home News
Jeff Danziger

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Is Learning from Failure a Myth?

Bob Giloth | Posted 04.25.2009 | Business

Read More: Success, Failure, Mistakes, Social Entrepreneurship, Non-Profit, New York Times, Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship, Business, Bob Giloth, Business News
Bob Giloth

Is learning from failure a myth? Gompers and company argue from a study of several thousand venture-back companies that this myth may be due to "attribution bias."

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Rush Limbaugh is a Big, Fat Idiot* -- Wants U.S. to Fail, Claims "Creator" Language in Declaration is Preamble to Constitution, Then Gets Constitution Award from CPAC

Paul Abrams | Posted 04.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cpac, Failure, Rush Llimbaugh, United States, Preamble, Constitution, Conservative Movement, Rush Cpac, CPAC Conference, Rush Limbaugh Obama, Rush Wants Obama to Fail, Rush Limbaugh, Al Franken, Franken, Politics News
Paul Abrams

Rush made no bones about it. He wants the President of the United States to fail -- and he was wildly cheered at CPAC. Apparently, their "team" is the Conservative Movement, not the American people.

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Step Out of The Way Republicans!

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Failure, Obama, Republicans Stimulus, Economic Stimulus Package, Obama Stimulus, Economy, Stimulus Package, Economic Crisis, Economic Stimulus, Stimulus, Politics News
Frank Schaeffer

The world is a more dangerous place because of Republicans. Until President Obama was sworn in America was hated because of Republicans.

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A Rush to Bad Judgment

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rush Limbaugh Obama, Limbaugh Obama Fails, Failure, Rush Obama Fail, Rush Limbaugh, Republicans, Politics News
Robert J. Elisberg

If Rush Limbaugh and Republicans who dare not criticize him get their way, and the president actually fails -- it means the national economy turns into a Depression and America is crushed

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Limbaugh Needs a Lesson in Reality

Mike Papantonio | Posted 03.01.2009 | Media

Read More: Failure, President, Air America Radio, Unemployment, Rush Limbaugh, Mike Papantonio, Democrat, Recession, Manufacturing, Ring of Fire, Barack Obama, Economy, Veterans Affairs, Ann Coulter, Credit Crisis, Veterans, Sean Hannity, Prayer, Foreclosure, Media News
Mike Papantonio

If Limbaugh could step out of his 25,000 square foot home and see the pain of parents telling their children that they just lost their home, maybe then he would want Obama to succeed.

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Memo To Right-Wing: Withdrawal Timetable Now Doubleplusgood

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: War on Terror, War Wire, Timetable, Nineteen Eighty Four, Democratic, Failure, Iraq, Withdrawal, Bush, Memory Hole, Doubleplusungood, Iraqi, Sofa, Ministry of Truth, Status of Forces, Orwell, 1984, White Flag, Time Horizon, George Orwell, Democrat, Right Wing, Surrender, Democrats, Chris Weigant, Lose a War, Doubleplus, Hypocrisy, Doubleplusgood, Newspeak, Maliki, Timetable for Withdrawal, Aspirational Goal, On the Ground, Minitrue, Politics News
Chris Weigant

I'm on a lot of strange press lists, so I get a lot of strange press releases, but this is the first time I've ever gotten one from another dimension, I have to admit.

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Prime Borrowers Penalized While the Sub-Prime are Subsidized

Grant Cardone | Posted 03.02.2009 | Business

Read More: America Business, Subprime Mortgages, Auto Dealers, Grocery Stores, Banks, Bad Service, Failure, Grant Cardone, Customer Service, Auto Manufacturers, Business News
Grant Cardone

Everywhere I look today the chant of our culture is "reward, support, subsidize, and bail out the losers and penalize those the winners and the ethical!

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Why Small Business Dreams Die

Simon Sinek | Posted 09.11.2008 | Business

Read More: Success, Vision, Small Business, Women Entrepreneurs, Sex and the City, Failure, New Business, Business, Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneur, Recession, Business News
Simon Sinek

For passion to survive it needs structure. But for structure to grow, it needs passion. 90% of all new businesses fail. And most of the companies t...

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Reverse Robin Hood: Stealing From the Poor to Give to the Rich

Martin Bosworth | Posted 07.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Reagan, Lazard, Debt, John McCain, Assisted Living, Bailout, Bruce Wasserstein, Atria, Economy, Crisis, Failure, Foreclosure, Elder Care, Business News
Martin Bosworth

For true capitalism to work, there has to be a balance of free enterprise and accountable oversight. Everyone should be able to start at the same line and run the race according to their own skill and strength.

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