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Religion and Politics

By Chris Smith | September 23, 2008

Working last night, I spent time with one of my favorite customers.  For the sake of this discussion, we’ll call him Johnny McBornAgain.  Now, Johnny is by all accounts, an affable sort.  He’s chummy, witty, knowledgeable about all sorts of technical and geeky issues and dearly loves his wife and five kids.  He also has [...]

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Leadership 101 For Politicians

By Chris Smith | January 18, 2008

Does the day-to-day business of local governance impede broad-based progress? That’s what former Chief of Staff to the Buffalo Common Council, Paul Wolf, recently asked on his blog.
People run for office, because they want to accomplish something. Dealing with garbage totes, parking tickets and barking dogs is probably not what most candidates had in [...]

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Kennedy on Religion

By Chris Smith | December 7, 2007

No video, no speech speaks more to me about the separation of Church and State like the one given by John F. Kennedy in 1960 to the Houston Ministers.

That is the kind of America in which I believe. And it represents the kind of Presidency in which I believe, a great office that must be [...]

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Collins Transition

By Chris Smith | November 26, 2007

I waited for Pundit to return from his Thanksgiving Holiday so that he would have the first opportunity to write about the Collins transition team. His response was as unsurprising as mine will undoubtedly be…
We already know of “fresh faces” Dennis Vacco, Nancy Naples, and Mary Lou Rath. Now, we have 31 subcommittees with [...]

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