Every year PCV Deputy Clerk Peter Phillips produces a comprehensive summary of the General Assembly proceedings. (Held October 7-10) It was circulated via the PCV News Network, with the only caveat on public distribution being that it be reproduced unedited. So, here it is. General Assembly Report 2013 Highlights ‘Highlights’ are, of course, very personal, …

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Deb reminds us that qualified thankfulness may sound like true gratitude, but it’s really a poor substitute of watered-down complaining. ‘Well, it’s not been a great day, but at least I’m not starving and living in a cardboard shack.’ That’s not gratitude. It might be something you are glad about, and it might seem like …

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