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		<title>The Collapse of Basic Assumptions and Conventional Wisdom</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:33:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is very much an attribute of human nature to become angry when what we have believed to be true does not turn out to be true forever.  For example: the inevitability of progress; an ever expanding economic pie; opportunity for all; equality of opportunity; having it all; God rewarding the righteous materially; market self-correction; our military superiority; our children doing better than we did; a house for everyone; and so on.]]></description>
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		<title>Why Do Serious People Say Crazy Things?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:55:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Hart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So accustomed to benign neglect under Reagan and the Bushes, suddenly these financial stars are confronted with a president who takes his oath of office seriously.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Matters to Consider Before Launching Another War</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:54:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Hart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bombing a sovereign nation is a de facto declaration of war.  Our Constitution requires the Congress, not the President, to declare war.  Simply because we have launched a number of wars without a Congressional declaration does not mean the Constitutional requirement has been suspended]]></description>
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		<title>It Is Still Possible</title>
		<link>http://www.mattersofprinciple.com/?p=529</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:42:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Hart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congressional deadlock, created by lock-step partisanship and an unprecedentedly rigid opposition party, has been extensively analyzed, with no apparent resolution.  In the midst of wide-spread citizen economic misery, many Americans have simply concluded that this is the way things are...and apparently always will be.  In Kurt Vonnegut's memorable phrase: "...and so it goes."]]></description>
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		<title>Puzzling Questions</title>
		<link>http://www.mattersofprinciple.com/?p=524</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 13:43:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Hart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[when looking at the nation's books shouldn't we balance our assets against our liabilities.  The national debt is now over $13 trillion.  On the other side of the ledger are $5 trillion in gold reserves and then trillions of dollars in federal lands, forests, minerals, wilderness, parks, and recreation areas, dams and water storage projects ]]></description>
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		<title>The Hidden Costs of Warfare and the Prophet Jeremiah</title>
		<link>http://www.mattersofprinciple.com/?p=520</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 14:21:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Hart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps we should create a public office and call it the Prophet Jeremiah.  Everytime the war drums were heard, the Prophet Jeremiah would remind us of the human costs we were assuming and the unhappiness of empires throughout history.]]></description>
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		<title>Security Through Anticipation</title>
		<link>http://www.mattersofprinciple.com/?p=516</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:06:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Hart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the world changes dramatically, so does the nature of conflict and methods for achieving security.]]></description>
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		<title>When Do I Prosper?</title>
		<link>http://www.mattersofprinciple.com/?p=512</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:24:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Hart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We didn't spend money we didn't have.  There were no credit cards.  And my parents would have been embarrassed to go to the bank and ask for a loan to buy more gadgets.  The Depression taught them, and they taught me, don't go into debt.
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		<title>Doing the Right Thing</title>
		<link>http://www.mattersofprinciple.com/?p=507</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:56:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Hart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Though the blogosphere is a wonder, care must be taken by those who venture into it on at least two counts: over-opinionation that becomes strident and dogmatic; and the temptation toward moral superiority. Both seem rampant in today&#8217;s public world.
Now, having issued these caveats and cautions, as much to this blogger as anyone, let me [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fortune Favors the Brave</title>
		<link>http://www.mattersofprinciple.com/?p=504</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:24:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Hart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many Americans are out of work. Many too many. Who&#8217;s fault is that? If you believe in so-called market economics, that&#8217;s just too damn bad. It&#8217;s the way things work. We shouldn&#8217;t mention that &#8220;things&#8221; in this case are decisions made by human beings, normally those with the money or who control the money, and [...]]]></description>
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