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* The Courage to Think, to Speak, and to Lead.

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Two speakers have impressed me in the last two days. On Monday night, I went to hear Laura Tyson, Berkeley Professor and advisor to the Obama White House, speak about the economy. In wonderfully understandable language, Dr. Tyson explained to a packed auditorium the current state of the economy, and outlined the central worrying points [...]

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* What’s the Story?

Monday, February 23, 2009

When I was in undergraduate school at Linfield College in the 60s, my cadre of friends studying Religious Philosophy would drink strong coffee and discuss whether the prophets of various religions predicted the future or created it. Since I’m a believer in the power of declaration, I always came down on the side of creation. [...]

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* Empathy and Inspiration: Biological Link

Thursday, February 5, 2009

February 5, 2009. From the Morning Edition, July 18, 2005, comes an editorial by Iranian-born writer Azar Nafisi (Reading Lolita in Tehran) about empathy and its function in allowing us to experience the commonality between people of different heritages. She remarks, “Whenever I think of the word empathy, I think of a small boy named [...]

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