Archive for the ‘Government’ Category
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Negotiation 101
Posted on December 19, 2012
I ran across an article on the Internet written by Barbara Braham, who apparently is an expert on the subject, about the art of negotiation. Negotiation is an important part...
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Leaving
Posted on December 7, 2012
When I first left the lobbying world to rejoin the public sector, Haley Barbour, who was my boss at the time, said that it would far better to know John...
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Reimagining the Social Safety Net
Posted on November 30, 2012
When policy makers talk about entitlement reform, they usually are looking at the impending budget crisis caused by retirement programs that continue to grow unsustainably. What they need to do...
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What Exactly Has Obama Been Doing?
Posted on July 26, 2012
We know President Obama has been busy. What we don’t know is what he has been busy doing, besides campaigning. Mr. Obama has done more fundraisers that any other President...
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The Perfect Storm
Posted on July 20, 2012
In 1997, Sebastian Junger wrote a book called “The Perfect Storm”, detailing the demise of the Andrea Gail, a fisher trawler that got caught up in a unique weather event...
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