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Bully Pulpit

The term "bully pulpit" stems from President Theodore Roosevelt's reference to the White House as a "bully pulpit," meaning a terrific platform from which to persuasively advocate an agenda. Roosevelt often used the word "bully" as an adjective meaning superb/wonderful. The Bully Pulpit features news, reasoned discourse, opinion and some humor.

Thursday, August 11, 2005

Truth and Reconciliation

Here's a good excerpt from Scott Yost's column in this week's Rhinoceros Times.

"A lot of people have asked me where I am on the Truth and Reconciliation Committee, and I tell them that I'm not a fan of it at all. I've gotten a lot of flack for that position, so I've come up with a compromise. I've decided that, while I'm not going to actively support the committee, I am going to do something in place of giving direct support to the effort."

"So here's my contribution: Back around the time of the shoot-out, I went through this long, drawn out, really horrible and painful breakup with this girl. I haven't seen or talked to her since, but for my compromise to the truth and reconciliation people, I've decided to call her up and dredge up the whole breakup again, and go through it all piece by piece. So that should count for something."

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