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Obama Draws From The Wisdom of Frederick Douglass

Dan Kovalik | Posted 10.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama, Election, Peace, Frederick Douglass, Barack Obama, War, Struggle, Power, Politics News
Dan Kovalik

At a rally, Obama ended his speech with an allusion to a famous quote by Frederick Douglass: "Don't believe this election is over. Don't think for a minute that power will concede anything."

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The Ugly America

Mike Farrell | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Ugly American, John McCain, Terrorism, Sarah Palin, 9/11, Country First, Election 2008, Power, American Idol, Politics News
Mike Farrell

John McCain, who claims to put "Country First," should re-read The Ugly American. Sarah Palin can watch the movie.

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Sarah Palin Is Making Powerful and Sexy a Potent Brew Without Emasculating Her Husband

Jill Brooke | Posted 10.07.2008 | Living

Read More: Women in Politics, Margaret Thatcher, Women's Issues, Vice President Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin, Todd Palin, Golda Meir, Power, Drill Baby Drill, Femininity, Feminism, Sexuality, Living News
Jill Brooke

It sure doesn't look like Sarah Palin will be facing divorce. She may have difficulty explaining foreign policy, but she is clearly proud to assert femininity and sexuality along with power.

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Keeping Hope - And Housing - Alive in LA

Peter Dreier | Posted 10.03.2008 | Home

Read More: Mixed-Income Housing, Acorn, Power, Homelessness, Housing LA, Antonio Villaraigosa, Developers, Housing, Housing Crisis, LA Voice, Los Angeles, Scanph, Home News
Peter Dreier

When he took office in 2005, Villaraigosa faced a city with one of the worst housing crises in the country. This year, the average rent for a two-bedroom apartment rose to $1,740 per month; a working family needs to earn $33 per hour - or $69,600 per year - to afford that rent.

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Steve Pavlina: Personal Development for Smart People

Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 09.29.2008 | Living

Read More: Personal Development for Smart People, Intelligence, Courage, Steve Pavlina, Oneness, Truth, Spirituality, Love, Power, Authority, Personal Growth, Self-Help, Living News
Dr. Susan Corso

One of the most endearing parts of Steve Pavlina's personal development system is that it works for anyone, anywhere, any time a human wants to take control of her or his life.

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"Dear Sarah Palin: When the Myth Becomes Legend, What Should We Print?"

Steven Denlinger | Posted 09.22.2008 | Home

Read More: Print the Legend, Washington, George W. Bush, Harry Truman, Rorschach Test, Lion in Winter, Cowboy Myth, Power, Schmidt & Bounds, Sarah Palin, Dick Cheney, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence, Robert Frost, New Covenant, Dick Nixon, Tucker Bounds, Russia, Jibjab, Old Testament, Left, People of Israel, " Commander Adama, Rove, Sarah Barracuda, Battlestar Galactica, Right, Bambi, John McCain, Karl Rove, Alaska, House, Gone With the Wind, Texas, Annie Oakley, Joe Biden, God, John Ford, Barack Obama, Old West, Pride Worm, It's Time for Some Campaigning, Bible, "Guns and Religion, Steven Schmidt, Fox News, Westerns, Joe Lieberman, Southerners, Home News
Steven Denlinger

THE PRIDE WORM Power's a funny thing. It's like one of those worms on the television show House, which goes in through your upturned nose and invade...

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Living With Meaning: Realize Your Will To Meaning

Alex Pattakos | Posted 09.03.2008 | Living

Read More: Living News, Alfred Adler, Sigmund Freud, Pleasure, The Inner Life, Attitude, Power, Meaning, Stress, Living With Meaning, Alex Pattakos, Dealing With Stress, Viktor Frankl, Living News
Alex Pattakos

Welcome back to the Living with Meaning conversation! And if this is your first time with us, I want to welcome you to a place where we can have an o...

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You Don't Have To Be President To Have Power

Carrie Tuhy | Posted 08.25.2008 | Home

Read More: Women and Politics, Hillary Clinton, Endorsements, Power, Eleanor Roosevelt @Y:Politics, Home News
Carrie Tuhy

An early champion of civil rights and a lifelong defender of the less fortunate, she has made a difference in the lives of millions of ordinary Americans. She knew what it took as she sat across from the man she found too young and too brash to lead.

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Electricity Cut In Shandong Province To Power Olympics: Chinese Paper

Danwei | Posted 08.08.2008 | Home

Read More: Electricity, Power, China, Beijing Olympics, Olympics, Shandong Province, Home News

China's Shandong Province is struggling with an electricity crunch which is the "worst in a decade". Since June, electricity rationing has been introd...

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Why the Right's Messaging is Working

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 07.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gaffe, John McCain, Youth, Trust, Money, George Lakoff, This Week, Barack Obama Polls, John Amato, Arnold Schwarzenegger, The Paris Hilton/Britney Spears Attack Ad, Power, Qualities, Control, The Terminator, Young Turks, Crooks and Liars, Old Man Dozing, George Stephanopoulos, Flip-Flop, Child Lights Fire, Oil, Foreign, Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Petraeus, Simplicity, Celebrity, The Political Mind, Mistake, Confidence, Linguist, Values Voters, Think, Repetition, Unconscious, Language, Politics News
Logan Nakyanzi Pollard

Why is the young brilliant upstart Obama only ahead by single digits. At least part of the reason is this: John McCain knows how to control his message.

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Energy And Power: Cogeneration, Hybrid Cars And Power Plants

E/The Environmental Magazine Via The Daily Green | Posted 06.22.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Innovation, Renewable Energy, Power, Cogeneration, Power Plants, Cars, Green News

Cogeneration -- also known as combined heat and power, distributed generation, or recycled energy -- is the simultaneous production of two or more for...

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Obama and Soft Power (II)

Joseph Nye | Posted 06.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Elections, Obama, Power, Soft Power, Obama Soft Power, Politics News
Joseph Nye

After summing up American military and economic power, I realized that something was missing -- a term that defines our ability to attract others through culture, values, and policies.

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7 Things to Say in a Meeting to Make Yourself Look Good...

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 04.16.2008 | Home

Read More: Meetings, Career, Power, Relationships, Work, Colleagues, Home News
Gretchen Rubin

Ah, meetings. Can't live with them, can't live without them. Being happy at work is important, of course. Being with other people generally boosts m...

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Money Talks. It Says: "We Like Iran!" (Part 2)

David Fiderer | Posted 04.11.2008 | Business

Read More: Energy, Iran, Gas, Turkey, Renewable Energy, Oil, Clean Energy, Iran Energy, Power, Business News
David Fiderer

Iran is open for business, and western countries are lining up to secure resources for their energy security.

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Barack Obama and the Politics of Dignity

Robert Fuller | Posted 03.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Dignity, Abuse of Power, Dignity for All, Power, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Rank, Rankism, Politics News
Robert Fuller

To fight back against indignity, we need to root out what causes it. The cause of indignity is not power, nor is it power differences: it is rather the abuse of power.

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Contextual Intelligence and the Next President

Joseph Nye | Posted 03.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Leadership, Iraq, Power, Foreign Policy, Bush, Politics News
Joseph Nye

What we need to look for in all three presidential candidates is an ability to understand the current context of American foreign policy and where we stand in the world.

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Dowd: You Can't Be Elected President Unless You Prove You're Tough

New York Times | Maureen Dowd | Posted 03.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama 2008, Dowd Obama, Barack Obama Austen Goolsbee, Obama 2008, Samantha Power, Austan Goolsbee, Barack Obama Hillary Clinton, Maureen Dowd Barack Obama, 2008 Elections, 2008 Election, Barack Obama Samantha Power, Power, Politics News

I was covered in barbecue sauce, somewhere over Texas, when Barack Obama loped down the aisle of the plane to chat with reporters. I felt guilty, be...

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Breaking the Final Rule

Gary Hart | Posted 03.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Rules, Barack Obama, Politics, Power, Hillary Clinton 3AM Ad, 3am Ad, Gary Hart, Where's the Beef, Hillary Campaign, Gary Hart 1984, Clinton 3AM, Clinton Campaign, Politics News
Gary Hart

It will come as a surprise to many people that there are rules in politics. One of those rules is: Do not provide ammunition to the opposition party that can be used to destroy your party's nominee.

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A Very General Note On The State Of The Union Speech

Thomas de Zengotita | Posted 01.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Sate of the Union, Henry Paulson, Power, Politics News
Thomas de Zengotita

The heck with the multi-millions Henry Paulson used to pull down at Goldman-Sachs. Here was the summit of the world -- and he was on it.

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Ambition Versus Leadership

Simon Sinek | Posted 01.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Leadership, Ambition, Public Office, Leaders, Courage, Wall Street, Ceo, Power, Influence, Business News
Simon Sinek

The difference between ambition and leadership may explain why too many recent Presidential elections boiled down to the lesser of two evils, and it also leaves "we the people" more cynical than optimistic about the world we live in.

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Children of Fundamentalism: Why I Hate Caring Communities!

Steven Denlinger | Posted 11.09.2007 | Living

Read More: Winnie the Pooh, John Fohner, Morocco, Community, Beat, Power, Amish, Conservative Mennonites, Control, France, Ethnic Mennonite, Hartville, Muslim, Love Story, Children of Fundamentalism, Hasidic Jew, United Methodist, Romance, Ohio, Virginity, North Carolina, Catholic, Asheville, Pasadena, Eeyore, Korean, Living News
Steven Denlinger

The mind needs freedom to question, which is impossible if constrained by the black and white mindset of fundamentalism. In any religion, excessive control clamps down the pipeline of creativity that feeds the soul.

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Women And Power

Newsweek | Posted 10.06.2007 | Home

Read More: Elaine Pagels, Kyra Sedgwick, Rachel Roy, Andrea Wong, Julie Greenwald, Women, Shonda Rhimes, Rachel Ray, Arianna Huffington, Shirley Franklin, Lorena Ochoa, Power, Lucy Jones, Home News

These 11 women came from many different backgrounds, but they all had big dreams. The path topower meant facing obstacles and their biggest fears....

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The 100 Most Powerful People In Sports

Business Week | Posted 09.29.2007 | Business

Read More: Sports, Influence, Sports Industry, Power, Business News

How do you pick the most powerful people in sports? Is it the super talented athlete who never seems to fail--especially when the game is on the line;...

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Alpha Females I Have Known

Frans de Waal | Posted 09.06.2007 | Living

Read More: Female Solidarity, Hillary Clinton, Bonobos, Power, Primates, Female Politician, Alpha Female, Living News
Frans de Waal

Since this nation is seriously playing with the idea of electing an alpha female, it may be informative to look at the many top females that I have known, both monkeys and apes.

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