Tag: Leadership
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White People, Do Better
57% of white people in the United States voted to keep Donald Trump in the White House. 57% of white people didn’t give a damn about kids in cages, Presidential self-dealing with government funds, the growing number of deaths to COVID, or the diminished standing the nation has internationally. Think about this for a minute.…
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Actions make a difference
How leaders react to crisis make a difference. In this case, it could be the difference between life and death…though you’d never know it.
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Leadership means organizing
There’s new leadership at the Democratic National Committee. Saturday, the members of the DNC met in Atlanta and elected former Labor Secretary, Tom Perez as the new Chair of the party. The contest was very tight, with Perez barely edging out Congressman Keith Ellison of Minnesota. Many folks cast this race as a replay of…
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Too broken to bother with?
There are some things in this world that are more disposable than others. When they break, rather than trying to put Humpty back together again, you just discard it. Wine glasses are the weakest link in our home. Hell, probably every home. They’re not really that expensive (if you keep getting the cheap ones) and…
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Nobody Won
Last night’s election results in the sales tax vote were surprising in the definitive margin of defeat…more than the defeat of the measure itself. It was an issue I struggled with, much like more than one of my friends. As a long time advocate of Pre-K, and someone who actually spent over a year researching…
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Pennies from Haslam
According to a poll released in January, Bill Haslam has a 68% approval rating in Tennessee. Elected as a moderate, the words out of the Governor’s mouth certainly don’t lead anyone to believe he’s a firebrand. Of course, word and deed are two different things. The truth is, Gov. Haslam’s positions further a system of…