June 20, 2012 Changing Your Mind We all change our minds. This is a natural part of our life's journey. It happens; we understand how necessary this is - at least on an individual basis. But within our political institutions, this has become a pariah. Any politicians that do change their minds are accused of flip-flopping, vascillating, or worse. It seems to have become a stigma, a political black flag, for anyone who even entertains in their thinking what is a natural evolution of thought. But in political institutions, the art of compromise (i.e. appearing to change one's mind) opens one up to these withering condemnations. How many of our great leaders were known as superiour precisely because they were great compromisers? Many, I believe. How many of our great leaders have refused compromise at every turn? Name one. We desparately need someone to emerge that understands compromise is an essential part of successful government administration. We desparately
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