Tag Archives: Excellence

Why Not the Best?

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To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Jimmy Carter, whose life will be celebrated today at his funeral at the National Cathedral, has always been an anomaly among U.S. presidents. His one term in the Oval Office (1977-1981) ended in apparent disgrace. Voters, weary of stagflation and the Iran hostage crisis, rewarded his opponent Ronald Reagan with a… Read more »

One Small Task

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To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here August 14, 2003, was the night that the lights went out in New York City. A blackout shut down the power grid in eight states, mostly in the Northeast, and almost all of the Canadian province of Ontario. Approximately 55 million people had no air conditioning, microwaves, or cell phones for… Read more »