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Last Man Standing… Tall
Halfway through the comedy City Slickers, Curly – the irascible, tougher-than-leather cowboy played by tough guy Jack Palance – unexpectedly dies on the trail. At his burial, the cook offers this short admonition to the Almighty: “Lord, we give you Curly. Try not to piss him off.” Given Senator John McCain’s somewhat regular bouts of anger, the Almighty would be...
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September 4, 2018
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Ethical Hero – Alene Duerk
After leaving her nursing job in an Ohio department store to join the Navy Nurse Corps in World War II, Alene Duerk (pronounced “Dirk”) planned on a short term of duty to her country. “I didn’t go into the Navy for a lifetime, I went in for six months,” Alene B. Duerk told an interviewer in 2016, when she was...
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September 4, 2018
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Let’s Be Honest – Truth Isn’t Truth Edition
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September 4, 2018
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The Difference Between Right and Rights
“There’s a difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do.” United States Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart said...
Integrity and Edmund G. Ross
Moments of character often define a person—sometimes even a nation. I first came across Senator Ross’s story when reading President Kennedy’s Profiles in Courage. What...
Integrity and Elliot Richardson
The measure of a public servant isn’t how tightly they hold onto power, but how faithfully they hold their integrity when the pressure to bend...
America’s Moral Crossroad
Writer David Brooks is rarely prone to hyperbole and often resists the easy pull of partisanship. A thoughtful conservative who has moved toward the center,...
What Real Leadership Looks Like
I happened across Frances Perkins while searching files at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library. She was the first woman in U.S. history to serve...
Welcome to Caesar’s Palace East
In addition to dismantling federal agencies and undercutting states’ rights, Donald Trump has launched a systematic assault on the foundations of American democracy. He’s attacked...