Archive for February, 2010

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Who really deserves Rahm Emanuel’s apology?

Friday, February 5th, 2010

Hot-headed White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel has been making headlines again. According to news reports, Emanuel lost his cool at an August meeting of White House aides and liberal groups, dismissing as “f—ing retarded” some attendees’ idea of airing ads attacking conservative Democrats who opposed the President’s health care overhaul proposal. [...]

There may be ethical issues with Haitian relief - give anyway!

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

Is there anyone on the planet who doesn’t know that the already impoverished nation of Haiti has been reduced to a mountain of rubble by an earthquake? The stories and pictures coming out of Haiti are absolutely heartbreaking. Hundreds of thousands have died, families have been separated, almost anything resembling a building has [...]

When everybody needs to apologize, somebody has to go first

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of appearing on Rev. Doug Bursch’s “Live From Seattle” KGNW radio program. Rev. Bursch asked me to come on the show to address a sorry situation in the Washington State Legislature. Seems that one bad-tempered legislator chewed out the staff of her party’s caucus. Several of her [...]

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