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June 19, 2009: Headlines

Greg Nickels: giving toughness a bad name

Posted Fri, Jun 19, 6 a.m.

Real leaders are tough and use fear as a technique. The problem with Mayor Nickels is that he uses intimidation when it serves no purpose, and confuses disagreement with disloyalty. Here are some lessons from LBJ.

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Calvin's children

Posted Fri, Jun 19, 6 a.m.

It's time we rediscovered John Calvin, the seminal thinker from whom so much American history and religion flows. A good place to start is with novelist Marilynne Robinson, a modern Calvinist.

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