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Conservative or Conservationist?

By BCNN1 on March 15, 2010 6:46 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

by Joseph C. Phillips
March 15, 2010
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A little bit of wisdom that was shared with me not too long ago. "God gave us a Powerful gift - your mind. As you look around at any object, it began as an idea in some one's mind. Any change of situation begins as a thought." Indeed there is infinite power in an idea.

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Weighing the Promise of Healthcare and Finding it Wanting

By BCNN1 on March 8, 2010 3:34 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

by Joseph C. Phillips
March 8, 2010
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Speaking on ABC's "This Week", House Speaker Nancy Pelosi commented, "I think everybody wants affordable health care for all Americans...

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Saving the Soul of the Religious Left

By BCNN1 on March 1, 2010 8:49 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

by Joseph C. Phillips

March 1, 2010
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A reader recently sent me an email admonishing me for not being more supportive of President Obama. For reasons that were not immediately clear, he also raised the issue of my confessed Christianity.

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That Audi Commercial!

By BCNN1 on February 22, 2010 6:55 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

by Joseph C. Phillips

February 22, 2010
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The new Audi TDI ad was one of the more provocative commercials shown during the Super Bowl.

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Don't Miss the Point and Don't Miss Out

By BCNN1 on February 15, 2010 10:25 AM | 1 Comment | No TrackBacks

by Joseph C. Phillips

February 15, 2010

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Appearing on television and radio is good for my career. Every time I show up in the media it sells books and further legitimizes me as a cultural and political commentator and answers a question that, alas, has been asked far too frequently of late: "Whatever happened to."

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The Wisdom of Massachusetts Voters

By BCNN1 on February 8, 2010 5:09 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

by Joseph C. Phillips

February 8, 2010
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Following the death of Senator Edward Kennedy, Democrats in the Massachusetts state legislature rushed to change a procedural rule thus allowing Democratic Governor Deval Patrick to replace Kennedy with an interim and Democratic Senator.

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Mr. President You are Blocking the Sun

By BCNN1 on February 2, 2010 7:55 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

by Joseph C. Phillips

February 2, 2010

It is said that when Alexander the Great visited the philosopher Diogenes he asked the wise man if there was anything he could do for him. Diogenes is said to have replied, "Yes. Stand a little less between me and the sun."

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Harry Reid is Not a Racist

By BCNN1 on January 18, 2010 8:06 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

by Joseph C. Phillips

January 11, 2010

Harry Reid is not racist and Republican calls for his resignation are misguided. There I said it. The senate majority leader has recently come under fire for remarks attributed to him in the new book "Game Change."

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New Years Pessimism

By BCNN1 on January 11, 2010 8:43 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

by Joseph C. Phillips

January 11, 2010

To the common definition of pessimist - one who anticipates the worst -- I plead guilty. Yes, I know that it is the start of a New Year and I ought to be looking forward to the new decade with -dare I say it- "hope" and anticipation, but I can't. Recent events have gathered the clouds of funk, casting long shadows on all that I see.

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King of the Blacks

By BCNN1 on December 28, 2009 4:56 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

By Joseph C. Phillips
December 28, 2009

My wife and I have big dreams for our children. We want nothing for them but health, happiness and success and we recognize that a good education can be a step towards realizing that goal.

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