The Realist Idealist

…as very well she should be.
Back in May, Tom Brokaw was quoted as saying Jon Stewart’s “role is important” in the media, and if for no other reason than more young people get their “news” through the Daily Show than any other source, he’d be right. The funny thing (no pun intended) is just [...]

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Anyone who saw my twitter feed last night could likely recognize how frustrated I was with the democratic debate on ABC between Obama and Clinton (through mostly not-worth-reading sarcasm).
Today my friend Adam Green at MoveOn.org sent this email to their members, and though I don’t support all petitions, their suggested petition is the only kind [...]

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Just finished this TIME article
The Clean Energy Scam
Without giving my own personal views yet, I’d really love to know others thoughts on it and get some discussion going.   I know some of you are ardent biofuel supporters.  Some of you have even raised vast sums of money to invest in biofuel infrastructure.
Some of [...]

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Seems so simple.
There are myriad psychological and sociological studies that more or less prove that smiling greatly increases the amount of time that someone wants to spend with you (or your brand) as well as how attractive they think you are (or your brand is). If someone is spending more time with you, [...]

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