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I read an article by Ron Elving about Paul Ryan’s VP nomination speech at the Republican convention. The piece includes the following: Ryan turns on conservatives with his incandescent devotion to a...
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On Friday, when asked about the policy ramifications of that day’s elementary school shootings in Connecticut, White House spokesperson Jay Carney mentioned there would be “a day for discussion of the...
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Gun buyback (and competing gun auction) http://www.seattlepi.com/news/texas/article/Church-and-gun-enthusiasts-compete-for-weapons-4209609.php Apparently, a church in Seattle organized a gun buy-back...
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When thinking about most conflicts, large or small, I find myself mentally organizing people’s responses to the conflict into particular rungs within this ladder (a personal model adapted from the work...
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