Brad Rourke’s Blog
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Anger In Online Interactions
The horrific events at Sandy Hook Elementary School have set people across the nation on edge. People are shocked, grieving, angry, confused, frightened, and more. People are reaching out to one another. In person (on the street, in coffee houses) and on social media (Facebook, Twitter, blog comment threads) people are conversing. As a proponent…
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The Ancestral Boot Camp I Want To Visit
Dear entrepreneurs: In case you want to get this set up for the summer, I thought I would let you know what kind of experience I would be willing to pay money for. I am looking for an Ancestral Fitness Boot Camp. What is this, you may ask? Good question. In essence, this camp would…
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The GOP Needs A Bill Clinton
The Democratic Leadership Council set out as its project to drag the Democratic Party to the right a tad, and it succeeded. Clinton (a DLC leader) was able to reinvigorate the party’s prospects. The Republican Party could do with a similar, serious movement to drag it a bit left.
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Starting With What's Important
Often, the way I want to package the message is not the way I should package it in order for it to be best heard.
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Today's Workout: Hurdles, Sandbag Drag
Just finished a terrific work out with my trainer, Grant Hill. I have been working with him for a couple of months now, and it has never ceased to be a delight. Each time, we do something very intense, and very different. Today he had me jumping over hurdles and doing a tuck and roll.…
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Chasing After Banners
Not because it is election season, I have been thinking about Dante’s Inferno these days. In case you have not read it, the book is a depiction of Hell. It goes into great detail about the various punishments awaiting those who have sinned while they were alive. I would not say that I am a…
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Time For A Conversation
A good friend writes on Facebook: Now is not the time, but sometime soon, while the searing memories are still fresh, we must have a candid conversation about how we all will live in the new world climate change is bringing to us. After a disaster, there is a defiant urge to remake what was…
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Creating Values Skeptics: My Latest Column at Ethics Newsline
Students these days continually are bombarded with messages throughout school and extracurricular activities that remind them of what their “core values” ought to be. There are posters in the hallways with acronyms designed to generate pep and morals all at once. There are T-shirts, stickers, decals, pencils, and more — all boasting aspirational lists of…
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On Hyperpolarization
I was recently asked to respond to the question, “What trends have you been seeing in democracy?” I thought I might share my response more broadly. One of the core experiences when it comes to democracy in the U.S. context is the effect of hyperpolarization. This is a pathology that goes beyond simple ”partisanship” (which…
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