Obama’s path for Mideast peace

By Lanny Davis – 02/27/13 There are many pro-Israel Americans, including members of the American Jewish community, who believe that the best strategy for bringing Israel and the Palestinians to the peace table is for President Obama to try to appear neutral or even lean toward the Palestinian/Arab world viewpoint, pushing Israel to the peace […]

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Carnival’s crisis mismanagement—Déjà vu all over again

By Lanny J. Davis – 02/20/13 When will they ever learn? As obvious as are the fundamental rules of effective crisis management, time-tested over the ages, it is amazing how often the same mistakes are made by politicians and companies in the midst of a crisis. In politics, the most famous case of crisis mismanagement […]

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Hagel: Time to confirm and move on

By Lanny J. Davis – 02/14/13 Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (Texas) deserves thanks. He managed to go so far over the top in showing poor taste in his shameful questioning of former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) during this week’s Armed Services Committee hearing on Hagel’s nomination as Defense secretary that he managed to assure […]

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Ridge and Davis: Stand up for Simpson-Bowles

by Tom Ridge and Lanny Davis, USA TODAY, 02/08/2013 We have heard the president and leaders of both parties talk about the need for a “balanced approach” in addressing our nation’s unsustainable and unconscionable $16 trillion national debt. Now the president has a chance during his State of the Union Address, scheduled at his request […]

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