Category: Politics
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MLK’s dream still alive 50 years after his death
Martin Luther King was assassinated 50 years ago today outside his hotel room in Memphis, Tennessee. In our age with all of the politics and spin, and counterspin, I find it sad to admit that I feel like I don’t really know anything about this man. Obviously I know he was the most prolific leader…
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The misery of politics
I think essentially all Americans would sincerely like other people to be happy. Even people who we don’t know and with whom we will never have any interactions, I think we would still like those individuals to have happy and fulfilled lives. Everyone wants what’s best. It’s just that there is disagreement on the best…
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The next president is not a savior
The political division is incredible. The name calling. The condescension. The assumptions we make about the people who support the other candidate. It’s unfortunate.
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Eric Cantor’s humiliating defeat
Eric Cantor lost today. Pretty remarkable given his name recognition, given the fact that he is the house majority leader, given the fact that the congressional system is already setup to benefit incumbents, given the fact that he had the GOP machine backing him, given the fact that he outspent his challenger 5:1. Yet, he…
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The ghost of Reagan: words resonate 10 years after his death
Ronald Reagan died 10 years ago today. While I’m too young to remember his presidency, over the years, I’ve learned a lot about Reagan, and I believe that he is the greatest president in modern American history. Did he make mistakes? Of course. But I look to Reagan and I so many great qualities that…
Josh Benner 