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		<title>7 Warriors with Character</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 14:27:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Courage in America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[7 Warriors with Character]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brad Snyder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chad Ellinger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chase Cooper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Justin Constantine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Memorial Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sam Angert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Baskis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Todd Nicely]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As we approach Memorial Day, it is fitting we take a look at some good examples of virtue by looking at the stories of wounded warriors who fought for America. In 7 Warriors with Character you will see how, through their persistence, perseverance and good habits, several warriors were courageous not only in combat, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Courage the Virtue formed by Moral Habit</title>
		<link>http://thecharacterbuildingproject.com/2013/05/17/courage-the-virtue-formed-by-moral-habit/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=courage-the-virtue-formed-by-moral-habit</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 17:59:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Courage in America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bravery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cicero]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Courage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Moral Habit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Perseverance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Persistence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Valor]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Courage, bravery and valor are basically synonymous but there are different types of courage. Physical courage is the type involved in overcoming the fear of physical injury or death in order to save others or one self. Moral courage entails maintaining ethical integrity at the risk of losing friends, employment, privacy or prestige. In its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Character:  A Lifelong Commitment To Acquire Virtue</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 16:55:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Courage in America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aristotle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cardinal Virtues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Courage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Doctrine of the Mean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wounded Warriors]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today I wish to drill deeper into one of the cardinal virtues the ancients called fortitude, which we commonly call courage. Let’s also think about the different types of courage, that is, physical and moral courage. Then I would like to share with you stories of Courage in America based on my working with wounded [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who is a good person?</title>
		<link>http://thecharacterbuildingproject.com/2013/05/15/who-is-a-good-person/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=who-is-a-good-person</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 17:09:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Courage in America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A Life Well Lived]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ancient Greeks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aquinas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aristotle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Augustine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cardinal Virtues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plato]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Socrates]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I wish to begin today’s talk by asking each of you a question, one that the very first Greek philosophers asked … “Who is a good person?” Next I seek your help by defining what is character? Then I would like you to help me name and define different virtues?  Do you know the “cardinal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“A faithful friend is a sturdy shelter, he who finds one, finds a treasure.”**</title>
		<link>http://thecharacterbuildingproject.com/2013/05/07/a-faithful-friend-is-a-sturdy-shelter-he-who-finds-one-finds-a-treasure/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=a-faithful-friend-is-a-sturdy-shelter-he-who-finds-one-finds-a-treasure</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 21:06:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Courage in America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Bulger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charlie Black]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charter Schools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frank Riggs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Eckstein]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Stoltz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics with Principle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Character Building Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Lynch]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have had a blessed life. I am the beneficiary of my loving wife of 45 years. We now transition to our “next chapter” by having the gratification of watching our three children carefully, raise their families in the faith of our fathers. Not having spoiled our three, we can have the joy of spoiling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“Weak men act to satisfy their needs, stronger men their duties.” **</title>
		<link>http://thecharacterbuildingproject.com/2013/05/01/weak-men-act-to-satisfy-their-needs-stronger-men-their-duties/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=weak-men-act-to-satisfy-their-needs-stronger-men-their-duties</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 18:13:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Courage in America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Army Values]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Character & Competence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Character Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cohesion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ethical Conduct]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Character Building Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USMC]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Several of my Army buddies profiled in Courage in America or on The Character Building Project commented that I have given the USMC a good deal of coverage as to their character development programs. They suggest I point our readers to… http://www.armystudyguide.com/content/army_board_study_guide_topics/leadership/character-development.shtml Everyone who becomes part of America&#8217;s Army, soldier or DA civilian, has character. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lobbyist Of The Year Calls For Humility</title>
		<link>http://thecharacterbuildingproject.com/2013/04/29/lobbyist-of-the-year-calls-for-humility/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=lobbyist-of-the-year-calls-for-humility</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:54:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Courage in America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bryce Harlow Foundation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[C.S. Lewis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charlie Black]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Humility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lobbyist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics with Principle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Character Building Project]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Charlie Black is a good friend of The Character Building Project and one of the ten characters with character featured in Politics with Principle http://thecharacterbuildingproject.com/politics-with-principle/ten-interesting-characters/ This past week on the occasion of receiving the 2013 lobbyists of the year award from the Bryce Harlow Foundation, Charlie Black offered the following remarks… Bryce Harlow said, “A [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Christian Paradox of the Beauty of Suffering</title>
		<link>http://thecharacterbuildingproject.com/2013/04/25/the-christian-paradox-of-the-beauty-of-suffering/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-christian-paradox-of-the-beauty-of-suffering</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:58:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Courage in America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Death]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Order of Malta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Suffering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Character Building Project]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From time to time The Character Building Project acts as a &#8220;curator&#8221; of noteworthy articles. Today&#8217;s piece is courtesy of the Order of Malta. Before his death in 1983 due to lymphoma, the saintly Terence Cardinal Cooke, Archbishop of New York, gave us an incredible insight into the beauty of suffering and death, when he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Semper Fi Fund to the Rescue</title>
		<link>http://thecharacterbuildingproject.com/2013/04/24/semper-fi-fund-to-the-rescue/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=semper-fi-fund-to-the-rescue</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:21:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Courage in America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boston Marathon Bombing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marine Corps Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Semper Fi Fund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Character Building Project]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday’s post on The Character Building Project suggested some patriot or charitable organization might arrange for our wounded, warrior amputees to visit the victims of the Boston Marathon Bombing at Massachusetts General Hospital. Our good pal, Tom Esslingen, Yale Lawyer, a Marine Viet Nam Combat veteran and head of the Marine Corp Association has shared [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will The Trauma Of The Boston Bombing Be Transformational?</title>
		<link>http://thecharacterbuildingproject.com/2013/04/23/will-the-trauma-of-the-boston-bombing-be-transformational/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=will-the-trauma-of-the-boston-bombing-be-transformational</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:03:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Courage in America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill O'Reilly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bobby Dove]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boston Marathon Bombing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Holbert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Optimism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pessimism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Character Building Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Todd Nicely]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tragedy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trauma]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In thinking about the effects of the Boston Marathon Bombing I have asked myself: might something good come from the misfortune of the survivors? Why is it that most of the survivors will struggle to cope while a very few will thrive? How can we help this trauma for so many American become transformational? Like [...]]]></description>
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