This was in the newsfeed from the Houston Chronicle today. 
In the new spirit of media disclosure, I should tell you that I own several Dixie Chicks CDs. But I’m not writing this as an adoring bluegrass fan. I’m writing this as a shame and empathy researcher.
That was how Brene’ Brown started her piece. Brown is on [...]

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The take away paragraph tells the story of this President’s term in office. 
Bush has always supported a faith-based initiative, but his recitation of beliefs in the East Room yesterday — he listed no fewer than 18 principles he holds to be true — sounded less like a question-and-answer session than a reading of the Nicene Creed. [...]

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Tony Snow had this to say about his boss and his environmental policies…
Mr. Bush had in fact been “keenly committed both to environmentalism and conservationism from the start.”

 Must be something in the Kool-Aide up there in the White House. As the NY Times points out in an editorial…
Mr. Bush made three big promises in this [...]

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Somehow, after four years, the debate on Iraq is still animated by wishful thinking. The White House talks as if a surge of 20,000 troops is going to stop a civil war. Democrats argue that when America withdraws its troops, Iraqis will finally take responsibility for their own security. But we all need to face [...]

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