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Republicans and Democrats as Sunnis and Shiites
A mentor of mine once explained to me his theory of what kinds of people get involved in politics in…
What’s Wrong With Our Broken Political Process?
The Congress of the United States is on a “Break” while the federal government faces the possibility of a “shutdown”…
Lessons From the Conflict Resolution Profession to the World of Politics
Headlines, blurbs, and pundits sometimes create issues and atmospherics intentionally and sometimes inadvertently. Notice a few recent headlines and articles in…
Cleaning Up Prince George’s County Should Be Top Priority
I adopted the state of Maryland and made my home in Prince George’s County in the Spring of 1970 when…
“Do We Still Believe in the Future?”
In 1953, Bernard Baruch, a financier and Advisor to Presidents Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman made…
ADR is Here to Stay
Norman Solovoy, the Chair of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Practice Group at McLaughlin and Stern, LLP in New York has…
Remembering a Kind Man and The Mark Of Excellence Left On His Life’s Work
A few weeks ago, John Casteen III, the President of the University of Virginia, (Total Disclosure –My Alma Mater) addressed…
Remembering the Vision of Chief Judge Robert F. Sweeney
The month of June 2010 brings with it for many of us events that will create a lasting memory and…
2008 Not 1968
“The Economist” magazine, a British based publication, comments on U.S. economics and politics at their intersection from an international perspective reflecting…
The Great Risk Shift
My last column ended by asking, “What are the big issues?” and “more importantly ….how should they be framed?” One…