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Can Conservatives Be Compassionate?
Aired 12/21/1995

Can conservatives change their reputation as heartless, miserly people, concerned only for their own well being? What are their stances on issues such as charitable giving versus government giving?
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  Arianna Huffington
    head of the Center for Effective Compassion at the Progress and Freedom Foundation, author of The Fourth Instinct: The Call of the Soul
  Mario Cuomo
    former governor of New York, author of Reason to Believe

Originally Aired: 12/21/1995

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