My Chuck Colson lesson

By Lanny Davis – 04/25/12 Sometime in 1973, I first heard the name Charles Colson from my father at the dinner table. My dad, who always told me he “hated” President Nixon, told me that night that he also “hated” a man named Charles Colson, who had the title “special counsel to the president.” He […]

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They’re both right (and wrong) on Buffett Rule

By Lanny Davis – 04/18/12 One of my favorite scenes from the classic musical comedy “Fiddler on the Roof” is when the lovable lead character in the Russian Jewish village of Anatevka, Tevye, is trying to referee an argument between two men.

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Shapiro’s ‘The Last Great Senate’ a must-read

By Lanny J. Davis – 04/16/12 For anyone interested in understanding why one of the great institutions of democratic government in the world — the United States Senate — has  become so dysfunctional and paralyzed by partisanship, Ira Shapiro’s  recently published book The Last Great Senate: Courage and Statesmanship in Times of Crisis(Public Affairs, New […]

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