Bye Bye Bye!

So it appears that what I've been saying for months - ideology fades in times of crisis and we can actually deal with substantive issues while zealot-driven madness seems all the more obvious. Welcome to a renewed America. I'm particularly a fan of the statistics they outline. Check it out here.

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Kyle Taylor

Blood On Our Hands

This recent piece in the New York Times outlines the "approved alternative methods" George W. Bush (then President) approved for secret interrogations. The report the article highlights is based on American Red Cross interviews. I can shocked, appalled and incredibly saddened by this news. You want to be a beacon on a hill, you've got to act like one. Please note that the stories outlined are graphic. Make sure to read all the way to the end so the author's intentions and "point" are made clear. Click here for the article.

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Kyle Taylor

And The Arm Obsession Continues

As if the CNN Home Page wasn't enough, now NY Times writers are talking about Michelle Obama's arms and following those conversations up with editorials. Apparently Michelle Obama's arms are now insulting people? I'm so confused...

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Kyle Taylor

Generation Quoi?

And here we go again with the labels. So apparently this recession is going to drive us all to Revolutionary Road, desiring "security" and "normalcy." I. DON'T. THINK. SO. Bring on the adventure. Innovation is the only way out!

NEW YORK TIMES COVERAGE!

Exciting news! The New York Times quoted me talking about my generation as the opening statement to their Sunday article "The Age of Giving." The full text:

‘‘Our generation is replacing signs and protests with individual actions,’’ says Kyle Taylor, 23, an advocate for the social-entrepreneur movement who started his own mentoring organization. ‘‘This is our civil rights movement and what will define our generation.’’

The online version of the article is presented as a slideshow of changemakers and can be viewed by clicking here or here:

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/03/09/magazine/0309-FACES_index.html

The print version is completely different, if you have a chance to pick it up! Page 33 of the New York Times Magazine.

I'm still in DC after weather led to a cancelled flight to Montreal. Heading there tomorrow. DC - NYC - Ottawa - Montreal. The travel gods hate me!

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-Kyle