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A Butterfly’s Hurricane?
As the saying goes, when a butterfly flaps its wings in Thailand, the wind blows in Michigan. In other words, everything is connected to everything else in the natural world.... |
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on Oct 12, 2011 at 3:58 pm by Hal, a resident of another community |
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Driving the Hippo
When I was a cub employee at a Fortune 50 company on the Other Coast, a mentor once told me: “Sprout, this company is like a huge hippopotamus, floating slowly down a lazy tro... |
Tom Cushing |
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on Sep 15, 2011 at 12:47 pm by spcwt, a resident of the Danville neighborhood |
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Sustainability 2: Green Tyranny?
According to one popular philosopher, “Life moves pretty fast.” But has the world really gone from ‘Silent Spring’ to ‘Green Tyranny’ in three generations? Some folks would ... |
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on May 10, 2013 at 9:59 am by Citizen Paine, a resident of the Danville neighborhood |
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Your Hopes for the Pope?
“May God forgive you!” were the first words spoken by Pope Francis, to the conclave of Cardinals that had just elected him Pontiff. Although that may not have been any more t... |
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on Mar 28, 2013 at 6:53 am by Tom Cushing, a resident of the Alamo neighborhood |
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Valentine’s week: spit and vinegar?
Romantic that I am during this week devoted to love -- set between the birthday celebrations of our two greatest statesmen -- I was hoping for a thaw in the chilly conjugal re... |
Tom Cushing |
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on Feb 20, 2013 at 7:00 am by Seuss Apologia, a resident of another community |
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Where IS the beef?
Wendy’s hamburger chain is trying to revive its classic ad campaign, and it poses The inquiry we need to be making of our leaders.
The fundamental problem that ails this ... |
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on Oct 20, 2011 at 6:12 pm by spcwt, a resident of the Danville neighborhood |
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Who’s minding the Fed?
You are invited this week to step into my way back machine, and, if you dare, listen-in on the Fed’s Open Market Committee deliberations, circa 2006. There, the best and brigh... |
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on Jan 18, 2012 at 4:43 pm by CDSI Research, a resident of another community |
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The Place for Markets: every place?
As a young lobbyist for a big east coast company and a college Econ major, your scribe was once assigned to cover a public meeting in which the possibility of consolidating Ci... |
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on May 31, 2012 at 12:06 pm by Tom Cushing, a resident of the Danville neighborhood |
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Of Downers and Coddled Cattle
Lost behind yesterday’s sexier headlines about the Supreme Court’s unanimous privacy ruling on warrantless electronic surveillance, was the setback they dealt California’s unh... |
Tom Cushing |
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on Jan 24, 2012 at 5:22 pm by Tom Cushing, a resident of the Danville neighborhood |
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Bringing up Bibi
I recall the foreboding I felt in 1967, at the prospect of a war between tiny Israel and its Arab neighbors. It seemed impossible for these latter-day Davids to defeat the Ar... |
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on Sep 20, 2011 at 11:39 pm by Tom Cushing, a resident of the Danville neighborhood |
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