Word: minding
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...projection you're talking about calls to mind a great Slate article in which a caption-contest winner explained that the trick to winning was using common cliches about the cartoon subject. A colleague emailed me that article, by Patrick House. That killed me - he had a great caption, but I really loved that cartoon and my caption was almost identical to his, and mine was shorter...
This universality has been on Obama's mind all week. In Cairo, he addressed the Muslim world in sweeping terms about the need to forge again a common purpose. "Human history has often been a record of nations and tribes subjugating one another to serve their own interests," he said. "Yet in this new age, such attitudes are self-defeating. Given our interdependence, any world order that elevates one nation or group of people over another will inevitably fail...
...traditions of its own people. America does not presume to know what is best for everyone, just as we would not presume to pick the outcome of a peaceful election. But I do have an unyielding belief that all people yearn for certain things: the ability to speak your mind and have a say in how you are governed; confidence in the rule of law and the equal administration of justice; government that is transparent and doesn't steal from the people; the freedom to live as you choose. Those are not just American ideas, they are human rights...
...Cordoba during the Inquisition. I saw it firsthand as a child in Indonesia, where devout Christians worshiped freely in an overwhelmingly Muslim country. That is the spirit we need today. People in every country should be free to choose and live their faith based upon the persuasion of the mind, heart, and soul. This tolerance is essential for religion to thrive, but it is being challenged in many different ways. (See pictures of Obama in the Middle East...
...have the power to make the world we seek, but only if we have the courage to make a new beginning, keeping in mind what has been written...