Tag Archives: Hope

July 21, 2011

HOPE, TITLE IX, AND THE QUEST FOR A WORLD CUP TITLE

It never really occurred to me that the U.S. would lose to Japan in the World Cup Soccer Final last Sunday.  Our women’s team was magical.  They came from behind against Brazil and won on penalty kicks and the rest … Continue reading →

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October 10, 2009

THE LAUREATE

I woke up to news pulsing through Twitter that President Obama had won the Nobel Peace Prize. Really?  He won it?  He’s not just  ”a candidate in the running”… but he actually won the thing? That’s extraordinary! Just last week … Continue reading →

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February 21, 2009

STIMULUS: 20 Leadership Lessons From Barack Obama

stimulus | ‘stim yul us
noun (pl. -li | -,li)
 • a thing that rouses energy in something or someone; an interesting and exciting quality On this, the thirty-day anniversary of the historic Inauguration of our 44th President, this much is clear: … Continue reading →

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November 10, 2008

A POEM FOR BARACK OBAMA UPON THE INAUGURATION OF AMERICA

A flurry of blogs—including Scott McLeod’s “Dangerously Irrelevant”– have invited their readers to write an open letter to President-Elect Obama.  It is a cool idea so I decided to write one.  If you scroll down to the next post you … Continue reading →

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