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Poll-Tested Position (Friday)

  I want people to like me. I don’t officially take a poll, but I watch other people’s words and body language hoping for affirmation. And sometimes God intervenes.   Say, for example, that I’m chatting with friends and the conversation edges over the … Continue reading

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Poll-Tested Position (Thursday)

Seems to me that there is only one opinion that really counts: God’s.       So why am I so concerned about what people think?

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Poll-Tested Positions (Wednesday)

  From John Witherspoon, signer of the Declaration of Independence, clergyman and president of Princeton University:   “If your cause is just, if your principles are pure, and if your conduct is prudent, you need not fear the multitude of … Continue reading

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Poll-Tested Positions (Monday)

  “Poll-tested position.” I ran across the phrase in an opinion column. What is it?     a popularity contest shilling for votes scientific approach to public opinion Seems to me that true leaders influence public opinion. Followers are influenced … Continue reading

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