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Redemption

An Invitation to Redemption for Joe Wilson and Van Jones

Patty Limerick | Posted 11.15.2009 | Denver

Read More: Van Jones, Public Servants, Apology, Redemption, Resignation, Civility, You Lie, South Carolina, Center of the American West, University of Colorado, Joe Wilson, Denver News
Patty Limerick

The American people have an unfortunate habit of taking valuable public servants who have made stupid public statements and forming an instant bucket-brigade to deliver those public servants to the trash heap of history.

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Ted Kennedy: Story of Redemption, a Story to Remind Us Not to Give up on Others

Gordon Marino | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Redemption, Ted Kennedy, Politics News
Gordon Marino

In the Bible, Peter suffered a failure would have been enough to drive most people to despair, but he was given a second chance and made good on it. So did the senator from Massachusetts

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Redemption Song: Ted Kennedy Through Allen Ginsberg's Eyes

RJ Eskow | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bodhisattva, Buddhism, Redemption, Allen Ginsberg, Catholicism, Ted Kennedy, Death, Politics News
RJ Eskow

Ted Kennedy was a Catholic, not a Buddhist, but his life reads like a Bodhisattvic exercise.

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On Robert McNamara

Joseph Nye | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Robert McNamara, Redemption, Judgment, Vietnam War, Ethics, Robert S. McNamara, Robert McNamara Dead, Robert McNamara Dies, Politics News
Joseph Nye

Part of me will never forgive him for the consequences of his mistakes in Vietnam. But another part respects him for his efforts to come to terms with his actions and to help a younger generation to learn.

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Yes We Are Them and They Are Us

Roderick Spencer | Posted 06.19.2009 | World

Read More: Politics, Morality, Obama, Clinton, Power, Redemption, Cheney, Abu Ghraib, Torture Photos, World News
Roderick Spencer

Until both sides have the courage to recognize themselves in each other, and in the torture pictures, debate is useless. People on the Left are just as capable of rationalizing cruelty as people on the Right.

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Exhaling ... Finally

Paula Gordon | Posted 02.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Responsibility, Reconnect, Democracy, Timidity, Redemption, Resurrection, Barack Obama, Obama Inauguration, Politics News
Paula Gordon

As we wait with baited breath for 12 noon, January 20, 2009, we've been hearing stories small and large of people re-engaging.

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On Gran Torino and Christ Eastwood

Disgrasian | Posted 02.07.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Movie Reviews, Clint Eastwood, Heroes, Asians, Asian-Americans, Gran Torino, Asian Americans, Hmong, Redemption, Movies, Entertainment News
Disgrasian

Once again, Big White Dude saves the Little Yellow Dude -- unable to protect himself or his family, of course -- and gets to be the hero.

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God Vs. Madoff

Leeat Granek, PhD | Posted 02.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Sin, Bernard Madoff, Redemption, The New York Times, Religion, Madoff Scandal, Bernie Madoff, Business News
Leeat Granek, PhD

Madoff's behavior is reprehensible, disgusting, and selfish to an unprecedented degree. In fact, the scandal is so clear-cut, it's almost boring. There is no grey area.

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The Power of the Ballot: One-Person, One-Vote, en Masse

Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 12.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Disenfranchisement, Civil Rights Act, African American Voters, Voting Rights Act, Lyndon B. Johnson, Fifteenth Amendment, United States Constitution, Enfranchisement, Barack Obama, Poll Tax, Redemption, Gerrymander, Voting, Politics News
Arlene M. Roberts

The importance of the black vote in last Tuesday's election can only be fully appreciated when considered against the historical backdrop of black enfranchisement.

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