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Highlights from the HRC and Logo forum on LGBT issues

August 10th, 2007 · 1 Comment · 2008, LGBT, barack, civilunions, democracy, discrimination, diversity, ethics, gaymarriage, hillary, hrc, humanrightscampaign, john edwards, logo, obama, presidentialdebate, transparency, truth

Missed the forum last night? Here are the highlights from the three who matter most on their opinion about the top issue, gay marriage:
Hillary Clinton (see more highlights here):

Barack Obama (see more highlights here):

John Edwards (see more highlights here):

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UK’s Ministry of Defense and the missing league of its 1,000 PR practitioners

July 23rd, 2007 · No Comments · afghanistan, blair, bush, change management, ethics, gordonbrown, iraq, ministry of defense, mod, pr, public relations, reputation management, transparency, truth, uk

According to The Telegraph, Gordon Brown, the UK’s new Prime Minister, has had enough of paying the Ministry of Defense’s 1,000 PR practitioners an average annual salary of £39 thousand ($80 thousand—yes, I’m in the wrong country) to foster public support—or lack thereof—for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. But they can’t seem to figure [...]

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Excerpt from Al Gore’s new book (amazing)

May 17th, 2007 · No Comments · algore, constitution, democracy, free speech, gore, internet, reason, truth

I might actually buy this one because I totally wrote a paper about this, but alas, I missed the book deal:
Fortunately, the Internet has the potential to revitalize the role played by the people in our constitutional framework. It has extremely low entry barriers for individuals. It is the most interactive medium in history and [...]

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Imus - yeah, I’ve got more to say…thanks to The [Green] Week

April 22nd, 2007 · No Comments · diversity, environment, ethics, gender, imus, multicultural, public relations, racism, theweek, truth

Yet another reason why Imus simply deserved it:
It’s a good question, deserving a “blunt” answer, said Eugene Robinson in The Washington Post. Blacks and whites have an ugly, 388-year history in this country, beginning when “the first shackled African slaves arrived at Jamestown.” Given that history, a 67-year-old white disc jockey in a cowboy hat [...]

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