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Whites Who Say Blacks Are Racist Are Onto Something

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hate, Collective, Break In, Police, Activity, President Barack Obama, Racist, Run, Healing, Drugs, Beer Summit, Robbery, Boy, Home, Urban, Henry Louis Gates Jr, 2nd Amendment, Running, Ritual, African American, Sgt. James Crowley, Freedom, Man, Glenn Beck, Credit Card, Black, Shelby Steele, Franz Fanon, Gun Rights, Cat-Calling, Reconciliation, Politics News
Logan Nakyanzi Pollard

In Glenn Beck's mind it doesn't add up. How can it be that people who are treated badly are not filled with hate?

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The Morality Police and the Divine Feminine

Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 07.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Morality Police, Governor Mark Sanford, Divine Feminine, Mistakes, Morals, Now, Cheating, Atonement, Cable News, S.C. Governor Mark Sanford, Forgiveness, Patriarchy, Reconciliation, Living News
Dr. Susan Corso

I am appalled at the coverage of Governor Mark Sanford's infidelity to his wife and sons. I am appalled at the moral posturing. I am appalled that we think we have the right.

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Schumer: Dems May Have To Go It Alone On Health Care

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 07.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Chuck Schumer, Schumer, Reconciliation, Health Care, Health Care Plan, Obama Health Care Plan, Dems Health Care Plan, Coop Health Care Compromise, Public Option, Public Health Care Option, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Democrats are becoming bolder about their idea that middle-class familes get the option of joining a government insurance plan in a...

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Reconciliation Rules - Not Bipartisanship - Will Kill Health Care Reform

Rep. Jim Cooper | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Wyden-Bennett, Wyden-Bennett Healthy Americans Act, Rep. Jim Cooper, Health Care Reform, Byrd Rule, Healthcare Reform, Health Care, Healthcare, Reconciliation, Politics News
Rep. Jim Cooper

Health care reform under reconciliation wouldn't be health care reform at all. It would be a deficit reduction bill relating to health care. Or a reform package with an expiration date.

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In Sri Lanka: Reconciliation and Reconstruction

Jim Luce | Posted 07.05.2009 | World

Read More: Tamil Tigers, Child Soldiers, United Nations, Sri Lanka, European Union, Times of London, China, Human Shields, Japan, Tamil, Tsunami, Sri Lankan Military, Mahinda Rajapaksa, Sinhala, Orphans International Worldwide, Reconciliation, World News
Jim Luce

Sri Lanka is now focused on the "3 R's:" Rehabilitation, Reconstruction, and Reconciliation. European leaders need to stop lecturing and start helping.

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Ryan Grim

Obama Repeatedly Reminds House GOP Of Their Zero Stimulus Votes

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: House Republicans, Obama Budget, Obama, Obama Health Care, Stimulus, Reconciliation, Politics News

In a meeting with House Republicans at the White House Thursday, President Obama reminded the minority that the last time he reached out to them, they...

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Is Cap-And-Trade Dead This Year?

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cap and Trade, Gas Prices, Foreign Oil, Cloture, President Obama, Economy, Washington, Filibuster, Democratic, Obama, Lightswitch Tax, Conventional Wisdom, Filibuster Proof, Republican, Cap-and-Trade, Budget Reconciliation, Health Care, Reconciliation, Energy, Gas, House, Budget, Democrat, Congress, Energy Policy, Democrats, Barack Obama, Fast Track, Education, Wall Street, Chris Weigant, Tax, Oil, Senate, Healthcare, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Democrats are all but admitting that they're killing off cap-and-trade for this year's legislative season. When the time comes, they will be blaming the Republicans, even though their own cowardice is the real culprit.

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Elephants With Short Memories

Ed Kilgore | Posted 04.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Robert Byrd, Ronald Reagan, Budget, President Obama, Reconciliation, Republicans, Socialists, Politics News
Ed Kilgore

As Republicans continue to shriek about it, they need to be reminded that reconciliation in its current form was largely the creation of the sainted Ronald Reagan.

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Democrats Should Just Say No To Budget Filibusters

Chris Weigant | Posted 03.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Blue Dog, President Obama, Budget, Appropriations, Filibuster, Democrat, Obama, Federal Budget, Omnibus, Democrats, Filibuster Proof, Barack Obama, President, Chris Weigant, Parliamentarian, Bills, Harry Reid, Obstructionist, Obstructionism, Byrd Rule, Republicans, Bill, Reid, Senate, Reconciliation, Politics News
Chris Weigant

A little-known rule in the Senate may dramatically change the balance of power between the parties during the upcoming budgetary process.

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Reconciliation Through Art: Video Premiere of "Apology (It's Time)"

Russell James | Posted 03.15.2009 | World

Read More: Australia Aboriginals, Australia, Aborigines, Reconciliation, Kevin Rudd, World News
Russell James

One year ago tomorrow, Kevin Rudd, on his first day of office, officially apologized to the Indigenous people of Australia for 200 years of oppression. This speech was the impetus for this video.

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House vs. Senate Stimulus Bills

ProPublica | Posted 03.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: President Obama, Stimulus Bill, Reconciliation, U.S. Economy, Obama Stimulus Plan, Shovelwatch, Economic Stimulus Package, Obama Stimulus, Economy, Stimulus Package, Economic Crisis, Economic Stimulus, Obama Economy, Stimulus, Politics News
ProPublica

Some highlights: The House version would spend $60 billion more on education -- the Senate version adds more than $100 billion for tax cuts to individuals and families.

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Reflections on Reconciliation: Paradox of Excess & Deprivation

Terry Leach | Posted 02.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Excess, Human Family, Safety Net, Barack Obama, Reconciliation, Us Airways Hudson River, U.S. Economy, US Airways Plane Crashes, Plane Crash Hudson River, Economy, Chesley Burnett "Sully" Sullenberger, Sully, Bankers, Airline Prices, Chesley B. Sully Sullenberger, Healthcare Workers, Hudson River Plane Crash, Great Depression, Sully Pilot Hero, US Airways, Money, Investment Bankers, US Airways Crash, US Airways Pilot, Pensions, Airline Industry, US Economy, Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger III, Sully Plane Crash, Schools, Healthcare, Business News
Terry Leach

I wonder if Captain "Sully" Sullenberger's colleagues' pensions are secure. Somehow, I doubt it. Although airlines were the companies we used to loved to hate, airline employees are part of the family, too.

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Peaceful Words For Times Of Conflict

Lea Lane | Posted 02.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Healing, Chaim Stern, Gaza, Relationships, Peace, Reconciliation, The Giving Life, Living News
Lea Lane

This difficult time in Gaza has flamed many comments and much anger. My late-husband, Chaim Stern, was liturgist for the reform movement of Judaism. ...

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Presidential Pardon

Michael E. McCullough | Posted 09.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Apologies, Conflict, Forgiveness, War, Revenge, Campaign, President, Reconciliation, Politics News
Michael E. McCullough

The ability to control revenge and broker forgiveness among groups in conflict is a crucial, though underappreciated, element of statecraft. We need a president who can rebuild our reserves of this resource.

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Reconciliation from the Bottom Up

Dylan Loewe | Posted 05.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton Glass Ceiling, Hillary Clinton Reconciliation, Barack Obama Reconciliation, Barack Obama, Reconciliation, Politics News
Dylan Loewe

Let us not forget that though the Clintons sought power for most of their lives, it was not power for power's sake, but rather power as a means to improve the lives of all Americans.

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