Election Day
Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Tuesday, November 02, 2010
Win or lose, I love election day!
I come by the love of politics honestly: my grandfather wrote a political column for the LA Times, my dad’s a life-long journalist, and I was a pro-life lobbyist for a number of years in my early “career” (such as it is).
More than that, I enjoy the limited opportunities we have to mingle together as citizens.
Even during the last presidential cycle, knowing that... READ MORE
Mr. Zuckerberg's Ovation
Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Tuesday, September 28, 2010
The governor of NJ, mayor of Newark and founder of Facebook turned up on Oprah the other day.
They were there to talk about an exciting bipartisan partnership to improve public schools.
That’s worth knowing about in its own right, but not what actually caught my attention in this video.
Watch the whole thing for context (and you can find part two here), but the striking moment for me begins at... READ MORE
Solidarity
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Family on Thursday, March 25, 2010
Here’s an anecdote I love from Richard Weaver’s Ideas Have Consequences.
The story made the papers during the early part of World War II.
An illiterate Oklahoma farmer, immediately upon hearing of the Pearl Harbor attack:
...departed with his wife to the West Coast to work in the shipyards. His wife found employment as a waitress and supported the two. Unable to read, the new worker did not understand... READ MORE
MLK, Patriot
Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Monday, January 18, 2010
Danielle pays fitting tribute to one of the greatest speeches in our history below.
I think you might additionally enjoy this talk Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI) gave at an historically black church’s prayer breakfast over the weekend.
It’s about King’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail.”
Eyewitnesses report there were cries of “Preach it!” from the audience.
Not too shabby for a staid “policy wonk!”... READ MORE
Let’s Not Lay Anyone Off
Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Friday, March 13, 2009
This is Paul Levy, CEO of a Boston hospital facing tough economic times.
Here’s a heartening story about him and his employees working together to save everyone’s job.
Mr. Levy didn’t want to have to fire the janitors and food service people who could least cope with job loss, so he approached his entire staff to find better solutions. And they came through, in spades.
The consensus was that the workers... READ MORE
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