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Coach-Picking Guide Applied to Presidential Race

July 9th, 2008 · No Comments

With fall just around the corner, the International Coaching Federation issued guidelines today for schools and other organizations to follow when hiring a coach. I thought it would be interesting to adapt the group’s guidelines — they call them “the Five Cs” — to the political process in advance of the 2008 presidential election.
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Election Site Pits Candidates in Mortal Combat

January 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment

If the 2008 presidential election was held today based upon the outcome of the Iowa caucuses, American voters would be faced with this choice: Democrat Barack Obama vs. Republican Mike Huckabee. To see how the two might fare in mortal combat, however, you’ll need to visit a web site I came across this [...]

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Twas the Night of the Caucus…

January 1st, 2008 · 2 Comments

I’m not an Iowa voter, but I spent some “quality time” over the weekend imagining what one might be thinking as he considers his options. A product of that time appears below:

Few voters actually participate in the Iowa caucuses, according to one report today. Among those who do, I can’t imagine there [...]

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‘May None but Honest and Wise Men Ever Rule’

November 1st, 2007 · 2 Comments

In today’s American Minute, Wiliam J. “Bill” Federer highlights a 207-year-old prayer:
On Nov. 1, 1800, John Adams became the first U.S. President to move into the White House. The following day he wrote a letter to his wife, Abigail, in which he composed a beautiful prayer. A portion of that prayer was inscribed on the [...]

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Blogger Pens Open Letter to Ron Paul Supporters (Updated)

October 14th, 2007 · 5 Comments

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Dear Ron Paul Supporters,
Including my first mention of Ron Paul in a post on this blog March 3, I’ve written about or mentioned the dark horse Republican presidential candidate from Texas in no fewer than 37 posts.
Early on, I was lukewarm to the 72-year-old with the libertarian message as evidenced in my post, Ron [...]

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