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Isaiah Berlin

Outfoxing Hedgehogs

Michael Jinkins | Posted 04.24.2013 | Religion
Read More: Nicholas Kristof, Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Isaiah Berlin, Michael Jinkins, The Hedgehog and the Fox, University of California Berkeley, Philip Tetlock, Christianity, Religion News
Michael Jinkins

We don't have to treat matters of faith dully in order to preserve the complexities, let alone the mysteries, of faith and life. And we certainly don't have to dumb-down our presentation of the Gospel and of the Gospel's intersections with life in order to stimulate the interest of our audiences.

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Both Sides: Are We All Pre-wired Left or Right? Do Beliefs Precede Facts?

HuffPost Radio | Posted 04.15.2012 | Politics
Read More: Hilary Rosen, Jonah Lehrer, Ann Romney, President Obama, War on Women, Trayvon Martin, Charles Blow, Mitt Romney, Pay Equity, George Zimmerman, Planned Parenthood, Facebook, Contraceptives, Jonathan Haidt, The Righteous Mind, Allen West, Gov. Walker, Arianna Huffington, Isaiah Berlin, Kellyanne Conway, Gaffe-Gate, Bill Maher, Politics News
HuffPost Radio

2011-11-29-20111107bothsidesnow.jpgArianna and Kellyanne Conway discuss Jonathan Haidt's new book, which argues that "righteousness" precedes self-righteousness. Through that lens, the women debate their different views of the Trayvon shooting and "War on Women".

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Higher Standards, Lower Stakes

David Bloomfield | Posted 01.23.2012 | Home
Read More: Los Angeles Unified School District, New York City Department of Education, Standardized Testing, Accountability, Isaiah Berlin, Home News
David Bloomfield

Teachers need to be freed from short-term accountability and evaluative calculations riddled with error. Principals should be able to make decisions without worrying about their marginal impact on meaningless distinctions between data points.

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Why America Is Deeply In Need Of A Good Hedgehog

Arianna Huffington | Posted 10.16.2011 | Politics
Read More: Deficit, UK Riots, Economy, Jobs, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Patch, Isaiah Berlin, Politics News
Arianna Huffington

Right now, with the country in crisis mode, the American people sense that our problems can't be solved by foxy spinning, triangulating, slicing and dicing, and tinkering at the edges. They are longing for a hedgehog at the helm, with an "unchanging, all embracing... unitary inner vision."

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The Tyranny of Ideology

Dennis Whittle | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Globalgiving, Social Entrepreneurship, International Development, Isaiah Berlin, Dennis Whittle, Impact News
Dennis Whittle

BerlinHere is one of the best lectures of all time. It should be required listening for anyone interested in better understanding the world - or tryi...

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You Can Pry My New York Times from My Cold, Dead Hands

William Klein | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Linkedin, Newspapers, Twitter, The Huffington Post, New York Times, Future-of-Newspapers, Facebook, Michael Kinsley, Isaiah Berlin, Media News
William Klein

Nine out of ten pundits agree (well, me and eight of my friends) that no matter what you do for a living, reading the newspaper every day will help you do it better.

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