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A few kind words for Gorbachev
In a world of insecure and repressive dictators, Gorbachev was the remarkable exception: a man uncorrupted by power and seemingly unthreatened by truth or by the prospect of change.
Liberty Medal Award presentation. September 18, 2008 at National Constitution Center, 525 Arch St. (215) 409-6600 or constitutioncenter.org/libertymedal.
Liberty Medal Award presentation. September 18, 2008 at National Constitution Center, 525 Arch St. (215) 409-6600 or constitutioncenter.org/libertymedal.
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Anger, Obama and Frank Zappa
Is Frank Zappa a prophet? Is Barack Obama a disappointment? Is anger a useful tool? I have my doubts.
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Beautiful women and natural law
Will no man stand up to a beautiful woman? Do gorgeous women never suffer for their beauty? I’m happy to report from personal experience that the natural laws of compensation are alive and kicking.
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China's "culture of humiliation'
The key to China’s hypersensitivity, argues the Asia scholar Orville Schell, lies in “the legacy of the country's ‘humiliation’ at the hands of foreigners.” But why are some peoples so much more obsessed with their humiliation than others who’ve suffered just as grievously?
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'Shane' in the computer age
The age of instant portable knowledge is clearly upon us. The implications for human conflict resolution are profound, especially in the arts. For example, how would the Western gunfighter Shane have dealt with adversity if he’d been armed with an iPhone?
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Orchestras and their 'comfort level'
Today’s orchestras seek a comfort level between conductor and musicians. They could learn a lesson from Philadelphia Magazine’s late editor Alan Halpern, who ran a dysfunctional office that produced inspired writing.
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Hillary's final pitch to Pennsylvania
When Hillary Clinton’s father quit his blue-collar roots in Scranton for the suburbs of Chicago, he left his heart in Pennsylvania— a risky decision, medically speaking. And you wondered why she's so obsessed with health care?
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Arts funding: Where I stand
The critical test in public funding for the arts must be: Where is the money going? And if it’s going to me, I’m all for it.
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Bill Buckley reconsidered
The conservative icon Bill Buckley’s oeuvre was enormous, and also shallow. At each opportunity for personal growth in his life, Buckley instinctively opted for style over substance, for celebrity over scholarship, for brilliance over wisdom, and for rhetoric over philosophy.
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