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		<title>Drama Queens and Kings of Politics</title>
		<link>http://www.civilmajority.net/2012/03/02/drama-queens-and-kings-of-politics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 05:20:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Buckingham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We love the Academy Awards and the other honors bestowed on entertainers who enhance our quality of life, but we fail to recognize that lessons from the entertainment industry have contributed to the current dysfunction of our political system. As the media for communicating entertainment and news has become more decentralized and specialized, it has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poor Persecuted Believers?</title>
		<link>http://www.civilmajority.net/2011/12/26/poor-persecuted-believers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 03:58:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Buckingham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While I’m used to reading complaints by fundamentalist Christians that they are being persecuted by the government and society in general, I was a bit surprised when I saw a commentary by conservative Jewish TV personality, Ben Stein, complaining about the same thing. On CBS recently, Mr. Stein objected to Christmas trees being called “Holiday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Sins of Pride</title>
		<link>http://www.civilmajority.net/2011/11/29/the-sins-of-pride/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:26:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Buckingham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When people are devoted to their country, it is called “patriotism.”  When they believe that their country is special, extraordinary or unique, it is called “exceptionalism.”  Most people consider patriotism to be a good thing, since it is an expression of pride in our national community.  However, unthinking, automatic patriotism can blind people into supporting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Should Religion and Politics Interact?</title>
		<link>http://www.civilmajority.net/2011/11/18/how-should-religion-and-politics-interact/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:35:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Buckingham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A good an example of how church and state were intertwined in colonial America can be seen in the layout of Annapolis, Maryland, the state’s capitol since 1694.  The town was laid out with streets radiating from two circles a block apart, State Circle containing the seat of government and Church Circle containing St. Anne’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Competition vs. Cooperation &#8211; A Brief History of American Civil Community</title>
		<link>http://www.civilmajority.net/2011/11/09/competition-vs-cooperation-a-brief-history-of-american-civil-community/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 20:33:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Buckingham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[American society has a long history of fostering both competition and cooperation among its members.  Protection of individual freedoms generally supports competitive systems which reward individual achievement, while actions to support the general welfare constitute cooperative efforts to support all members of society.  Frequently, these two goals come into conflict and are well represented today [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five Steps of Civil Disobedience</title>
		<link>http://www.civilmajority.net/2011/11/07/five-steps-to-civil-disobedience/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 21:57:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Buckingham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An act of civil disobedience is a means of challenging an unjust law by breaking it and using the trial to challenge the validity of the law. The best-known example is that of Rosa Parks who deliberately broke the demeaning local rule against African-Americans sitting in the front of the bus. When she succeeded in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons from Reality TV</title>
		<link>http://www.civilmajority.net/2011/11/04/lessons-from-reality-tv/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 19:54:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Buckingham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If entertainment is a reflection of a society, then American life must largely consist of continuous, often cutthroat competition and dysfunctional interpersonal relations.  Civility is not an option in this world. There has always been competition on television in the form of game shows, where people win money or products provided by the sponsors.  And [...]]]></description>
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		<title>News, Weather and Sports &#8211; Courtesy of the Entertainment Industry</title>
		<link>http://www.civilmajority.net/2011/11/02/news-weather-and-sports-courtesy-of-the-entertainment-industry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 20:14:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Buckingham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Is there a (blizzard/hurricane/tornado) on the way? Tune in at 11!&#8221; How many times have we heard this kind of teaser on television? How many times did the dreaded event occur?  The next time you identify one of these dire forecasts that does not pan out, remind yourself that the &#8220;meteorologists&#8221; who made the prediction [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our Compassion Deficit</title>
		<link>http://www.civilmajority.net/2011/10/31/our-compassion-deficit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:46:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Buckingham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, October 27, 2011, Representative Elijah Cummings (D-MD) was honored by the Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition for his efforts to aid families facing foreclosure. In accepting his award, the Congressman spoke of the recent contentious debates in Washington over budget deficits and argued that our nation has a “compassion deficit” today. As evidence, he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Hold a Civil Protest</title>
		<link>http://www.civilmajority.net/2011/10/16/how-to-hold-a-civil-protest/</link>
		<comments>http://www.civilmajority.net/2011/10/16/how-to-hold-a-civil-protest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 23:11:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Buckingham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anyone who wonders if it is possible to stage a protest that is civil should look no further for an answer than the “Occupy Wall Street” gatherings currently going on in dozens of towns and cities nationwide.  Not only have the protests been peaceful (non-violent), they have been remarkable for the lack of personal insults [...]]]></description>
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