A Bittersweet Election

November 4, 2008 marked a transformational day in American history. With the election of the first African-American as president of the United States. Read more

Death of the Christian Right

What is the Christian Right beyond an outdated means of saying you’re superior without giving any real reason or motivation for that superiority? It’s a symbol. It’s a symbol of more than Christianity.  Read more

Hair of the Dog

So. We did it. The god guys won and we did something, once again, that has never occurred on this planet before.

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Hello Mr. President

That’s right.  All the hard work and determination paid off.  Barack Obama is the next President of the United States of America.  Today I am proud!  I am proud to be a citizen of this great nation! Read more

A Question for Sarah Palin

You’d have to be living under the same rock as Osama Bin Ladin not to have heard the recent attacks by the McCain/Palin campaign calling Barack Obama’s economic and tax policies socialist. Read more

Reasons Not to Vote for McCain

A lot of people think that this is just another presidential race, with the winner getting to bring their own particular ideas and policies to the table, but that little else will change. But that’s not true. Read more

GOP Needs New Followers

I immediately realized that the McCain/Palin folks were having a little meeting….I sat down at the table next to the group just as they were starting their meeting. Read more

Powell Backs Obama

Powell, who said he has been troubled by the judgments John McCain has displayed during the last few weeks of this campaign (particularly his choice of Governor Sarah Palin as running mate and his lack of clarity on the economy) said his decisions were made in the last months and weeks. Read more

An Open Letter to McCain

Senator John McCain: If your campaign does not stop equating Sen. Barack Obama with terrorism, questioning his patriotism and portraying Mr. Obama as “not one of us,” I accuse you of deliberately feeding the most unhinged elements of our society the red meat of hate, and therefore of potentially instigating violence. Read more

Obama Emphasizes Equality

“There isn’t a black America and a white America. And a Hispanic America. Or an Asian America. There isn’t a gay or straight America. There is the United States of America.”   — Barack Obama, 2008

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