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<a href='http://townhall.com/columnists/kristakafer/'>Krista Kafer Column</a><br /> The art of persuasion is a bit like billiards; finesse beats force. It’s easy to imagine the opposite is true. I’ll admit I’ve daydreamed about delivering a hard-hitting speech packed with statistics and elegant phases to family members or friends who immediately cast aside their long held beliefs convinced that my position is the one right path.

2013-03-28T00:01:00-04:00 2013-05-25T07:58:07Z Krista Kafer I only beat my dad at the game of pool once. He had stage 4 cancer at the time, so it probably doesn’t count. My pool technique is simply flawed:... a8d0f776-f0b6-4375-a2c4-1ac4d863fb2d

<a href='http://townhall.com/columnists/kristakafer/'>Krista Kafer Column</a><br /> Remember back in 2011 when radio broadcaster and end-of-the-world prognosticator Harold Camping predicted the world’s end on October 21 yet the day passed with nary a sign of Armageddon?

2013-03-02T00:01:00-05:00 2013-05-25T07:58:07Z Krista Kafer Remember back in 2011 when radio broadcaster and end-of-the-world prognosticator Harold Camping predicted the world’s end on October 21 yet the...