Greetings!

While the recent events in Tucson are no longer being blamed on party politics, but simply the rants of a deranged individual, I'm still attracted to the new media buzzwords "Vitriolic Rhetoric" as a focus for Clarity and saving the planet one conversation at a time.  Certainly the political atmosphere could be a little less Knower/Judger today and might benefit from a good dose of Learner/Researcher.

President Ronald Reagan and House Speaker Tip O'Neill represented the opposite ends of the "Big Government vs. Small Government", Jeffersonian/Hamiltonian debate.  Yet somehow they understood that standing toe to toe screaming at each other was not good for the debate or the country.  Today, standing toe to toe would be more productive than myriad mercenary media hacks that sell air time by continual pandering to the radical reaches of the political spectrum bell curve.

Far from that, Reagan and O'Neill enjoyed the journey as friends who had decided to disagree, forming the ability to explore the doubt and make decisions and move forward.  It was not a Tip O'Neill zealot who attempted the Reagan assassination.  It was O'Neill that rushed to his hospital bed on that disturbing day.  

Link to "What Ronald Reagan and Tip O'Neill Could Teach Washington"

ANOTHER CLARITY SUMMIT 

On another note, the January Clarity Summit is in the books and it was another home run (baseball metaphors are HUGE here in St. Louis!).  Unfortunately there were several who wanted to attend but for one reason or another, the January date didn't work out.  So here's the good news.  I've decided to boost the frequency to SIX Clarity Summits per year.  The next will be March 4-6 at the Moonrise Hotel in beautiful University City, MO.  Click here to learn more.