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by Tom Heuerman, Ph.D., 10/4/08 • The election this year is about the transformation and renewal of America so she can evolve and continue to lead the world.
As the 2008 election approaches, TCDP is receiving many thoughtful opinion columns about candidates and issues. The Soapbox blog offers a space for local opinion on (mostly) national and world issues, including elections.
by David Doody • 9/30/08 • In conceding that John McCain was correct on some issues in the first presidential debate, Barack Obama showed he takes those issues seriously enough to see them from all sides.
“You could not argue in a vacuum, as if only your opinion matters. It would be irresponsible to try only to prevail in such a case. Rather, you would want to recognize what others think and try to draw people together.” -from The Informed Argument by Robert K. Miller and Robert P. Yagelski
by Tom Heuerman, Ph.D. • 9/25/08 • A metaphorical monoculture in society or a political party is a group where everyone looks alike and sees, wears, does, reads, watches, and thinks the same thing.
As the 2008 election approaches, TCDP is receiving many thoughtful opinion columns about candidates and issues. The Soapbox blog offers a space for local opinion on (mostly) national and world issues, including elections.
by Tom Heuerman, Ph.D. • 9/18/08 • I heard the term “low information voter” recently. Some definitions:
• Individuals who are not knowledgeable and vote anyway,
and
• Those who rely on talk radio and less-than-factual hearsay from friends and family members to shape their political decisions.
As the 2008 election approaches, TCDP is receiving many thoughtful opinion columns about candidates and issues. The Soapbox blog offers a space for local opinion on (mostly) national and world issues, including elections.
by Ronald P. Salzberger, September 17, 2008 • A decent life requires that our social institutions be run on the basis of care for others, not just self- and corporate-interest.
According to Robert Reich (American Public Radio, Wednesday, 17 September)
We haven’t seen this much government intervention in the economy since Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society. But this time it’s Wall Street rather than the poor who’s getting all the help.
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by Tom Heuerman, 9/13/08 • Have you ever listened to someone talk persuasively and felt confused: suddenly up was down, right was wrong, and you felt the rug was pulled out from under your experience of life?
As the 2008 election approaches, TCDP is receiving many thoughtful opinion columns about candidates and issues. The Soapbox blog offers a space for local opinion on (mostly) national and world issues, including elections.
by Thomas Heuerman, 9/10/08 • John McCain doesn’t use a computer; he doesn’t know how to log on to the internet.
As the 2008 election approaches, TCDP is receiving many thoughtful opinion columns about candidates and issues. The Soapbox blog offers a space for local opinion on (mostly) national and world issues, including elections.
by Phyllis Stenerson, 9/10/08 • National political conventions are carefully staged galas where presidential candidates describe themselves on their own terms and present the image they want the public to like and support. They reach more voters through televised conventions than at any other time and then they hit the campaign trail, repeating the sound bites crafted for the convention.
By M. Jay Shahidi, 9/8/08 • The geopolitics of the world is changing rapidly after the Russian invasion of Georgia. This illegal, immoral and tragic act has, nevertheless, forced the White House to move toward a more realistic foreign policy just in the last few days. Iran is a small fish now compared to Russia.
As the 2008 election approaches, TCDP is receiving many thoughtful opinion columns about candidates and issues. The Soapbox blog offers a space for local opinion on (mostly) national and world issues, including elections.
by Gary G. Kohls, MD, 9//9/08 • Okay, so you call yourself a patriot. But what exactly do you mean by that?
As the 2008 election approaches, TCDP is receiving many thoughtful opinion columns about candidates and issues. The Soapbox blog offers a space for local opinion on (mostly) national and world issues, including elections.