That empty-sounding new Al Gore slogan, “practical idealism,” rang a bell with one fan of THE SCRAPBOOK, who kindly faxed in the following book excerpt:
“Idealism without pragmatism is impotent. Pragmatism without idealism is meaninglessness. The key to effective leadership is pragmatic idealism.” Yes, it’s a stirring peroration from that 1990 classic In the Arena. Al Gore, meet Richard Nixon, who beat you to the punch.
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