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Democracy Thrives on Immediacy
One of our oldest sayings is “time heals all wounds”. That regardless of what has happened, a scab will form eventually. Of course, we have misguided expectations. We hear the word heal and we assume all will go back to normal. But there is no “normal”. There is progress and there is stasis, but no normal.…
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Ideologies Do Not Win
I hate to lose. I know you hate to lose. Losing sucks. When our surrogates lose, we feel like we lose. When our surrogates win, we feel like we’ve won. And we make a dangerous decision about these wins and losses: that it is ideologies that win and lose on election day. It couldn’t be…
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Of Rules and Fairness
In last night’s college basketball game, Michigan State beat Wisconsin in overtime. What is interesting is the crazy clock controversy that erupted during the game. The problem? Two clocks showing two different times and a game tying three-pointer that never was. Take a look at a news account of it. What is interesting to…