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		<title>President Obama speaks to President Bush to mark the end of combat operations in Iraq; hopefully the conversation went better than the polarized commentary since</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Obama in his presidential address Tuesday night: &#8220;This afternoon I spoke to former President George W. Bush. It&#8217;s well known that he and I disagreed about the war from its outset. Yet no one can doubt President Bush&#8217;s support for our troops or his love of country and commitment to our security. As I said, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tothevillagesquare.org/blog/2010/09/02/president-obama-speaks-to-president-bush-to-mark-the-end-of-combat-operations-in-iraq-hopefully-the-conversation-went-better-than-the-polarized-commentary-since/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;FloridaThinks No More.&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The news I had been subconsciously dreading since a couple months ago when internet start-up FloridaThinks went on summer hiatus arrived in my inbox at 3:07 am, as many other of its editions had over the last seven months. It read &#8220;FloridaThinks was a success in all areas except revenues. But financial reality demands that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tothevillagesquare.org/blog/2010/09/01/floridathinks-no-more/</link>
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		<title>Polarization vs. polarity:  Maybe the distinction will help us turn the corner?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This excellent article is by management consultant Margaret Seidler writing in Charleston Regional Business Journal. She writes about the need to see conflict as the management of polarity two necessary opposites: What I know from my professional work in managing complexity and conflict in organizations is that when people get polarized on big, on-going issues, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tothevillagesquare.org/blog/2010/08/31/polarization-vs-polarity-maybe-the-distinction-will-help-us-turn-the-corner/</link>
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		<title>I Have a Dream:  The full speech in observance of the 47th anniversary of its delivery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Getting this up 2 days after the anniversary better than not at all? We hope so&#8230;]]></description>
		<link>http://tothevillagesquare.org/blog/2010/08/30/i-have-a-dream-the-full-speech-in-observance-of-the-47th-anniversary-of-its-delivery/</link>
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		<title>Rhetoric that&#8217;s good for ratings, bad for the trajectory of our civic dialogue</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today on the radio Glenn Beck said that Americans are about to lose their religious freedom. He was actively rallying the forces to prevent it. Perhaps someone who agrees with his sentiment could help those of us who say &#8220;huh?&#8221; There is a valid argument that legal secularism has overreached in working toward a &#8220;naked [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tothevillagesquare.org/blog/2010/08/30/rhetoric-thats-good-for-ratings-bad-for-the-trajectory-of-our-civic-dialogue/</link>
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		<title>Bloomberg on founding principles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;There are a lot of people who&#8217;ve said things I don&#8217;t agree with. But if I want to say what I believe, I&#8217;ve got to let you say what you believe, even if I violently disagree with it and even if I find it despicable.&#8221; NYC Michael Bloomberg on Islamic Community Center in Lower Manhattan, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tothevillagesquare.org/blog/2010/08/29/bloomberg-on-founding-principles/</link>
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		<title>We need far more candidates like this one locally&#8230;</title>
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		<link>http://tothevillagesquare.org/blog/2010/08/28/we-need-far-more-candidates-like-this-one-locally/</link>
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		<title>Andrew Wilcox: How they win, how they lose</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Political season ranks right behind football and baseball season as my favorite time of year. I can do without the robocalls from former presidents and candidate’s spouses or moms. Even the littering of signs is a bit much. I just admire how people will stand outside for hours waving signs in 100+ degree heat for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tothevillagesquare.org/blog/2010/08/26/andrew-wilcox-how-they-win-how-they-lose/</link>
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		<title>On election day in my neighborhood</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Before all of our events, we plaster the town with posters so people know what we&#8217;re up to. That includes grocery stores, public bulletin boards, churches and your living room if you&#8217;re willing. We get all sorts of responses to the plastering, from warm welcomes to recitations of no-poster policies. A couple of years ago [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tothevillagesquare.org/blog/2010/08/25/on-election-day-in-my-neighborhood/</link>
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		<title>Ground zero community center: Mark Halperin on why we need to strive for a better conversation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve started a &#8220;We the Wiki&#8221; page on the facts on the Ground Zero Community Center &#038; Mosque. We&#8217;ll throw some info in, but it&#8217;s yours to build. Find resources that offer good, nonpartisan information to help clarify. You&#8217;ll have to register to edit the page. &#8220;Get in your car and drive around and listen [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tothevillagesquare.org/blog/2010/08/24/ground-zero-community-center-mark-halperin-on-why-we-need-to-strive-for-a-better-conversation/</link>
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