Responsibility

Robert Creamer writes about responsibility and how Obama made it popular again. After years of acting like naughty teenagers Americans must begin to act like grown-ups. Especially those at the top. That will trickle down.
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At this point in history, responsibility for others is not some "soft" or "utopian" value, it is critical to our success and survival on our increasingly crowded planet. More than that, it's the key that will both prevent us from destroying ourselves -- and can unlock exponentially expanding human possibility in the 21st century.

And of course when you say it to people -- when you call on their best instincts instead of pandering to their selfishness and prejudice -- people know that you're right. They instinctively respond when they are called upon to be the best they can be; when -- as Barack Obama did last night -- they are addressed as adults and inspired by hope.
[Creamer]