September 2009
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Watch Karen Armstrong on state at TED. You might be familiar with Karen. She won the TED Prize for 2009 for her idea on a Charter for Compassion.
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The best idea humanity has ever had: Compassion. charterforcompassion.org
Stay tuned for details on the Little Rock, AR event.
Follow @CompassionLR on Twitter. Check compassionlr.wordpress.com for other details.
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Far worse is the signal this sends: If even groups whose very mission is...
– E. J. Dionne Jr., 9/24/09 WaPo OpEd, on charitable giving & health care.
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A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary
Alain de Botton is headed back to Heathrow Terminal 5 for the launch of his new, highly creative book: A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary. You can pre-order it on Amazon. I will be ordering my copy soon.
From de Botton’s website: “he explores the magical and the mundane, and the stories that inhabit this strange ‘non-place’ that we are usually eager to leave.”
If you would...
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Generation M Manifesto →
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How mean-spirited will we allow ourselves to become? How coarsened has our...
– E. J. Dionne, 9/14/09 WaPo OpEd on yelling, illegal immigrants & health care.
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I’m so proud of our town for trying to change the world, one book at a time.
– Kerri Jackson Case on Thursday night’s #twestival in Little Rock
Source: Damn You, Little Rock (her blog)
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Anybody who writes an article about the “best espresso machine”...
– Ben Lamb (@bennyfactor), Student of International Political Economy & Connoisseur of fine espresso machines - via twitter
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But what if our media-created impression of the meetings is wrong? What if the...
– E.J. Dionne Jr. (WaPo OpEd) 9/3/09 begs what is “The Real Town Hall Story?”
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