Here is a collection of my posts and videos from this amazing, historic week:
Obama Wins: Why All Americans Have a Reason to Celebrate
Tuesday's Second Biggest Winner: Democracy
The Winners and Losers of Campaign '08
Watch: Arianna on BBC Newsnight Discussing Obama's Win
I'm Ready to Declare a Winner in the 2008 Race: the Internet
Go ahead, Mr. President-Elect, be who you are. That is the reason we voted for you. Don't let them, on the day of your first press conference, turn you into what we are so grateful to have finally gotten rid of.
Does the voting public of this great state of California, who correctly voted to pass Proposition 2 -- which legislated to give caged chickens more room in their cages -- have to actually see the cage that gay people have been put in all theses years to get it?
Dear Karl: Since I'm the guy largely responsible for giving you a reputation as being very smart, then it seems appropriate that I also deliver the news that, as it turns out, you aren't too bright.
In the new age of Barack Obama there is perhaps no greater lingering vestige of systemic bigotry than the barring of same sex marriages.
In Barack Obama and John McCain, we representatives of an emerging set of values and an enduring tradition. But we didn't get the sort of constructive debate between these traditions showing the value of each.
Many people note that our nation has few economists with Larry Summers' intelligence. They should also know that we have few leaders, if any, in the financial world who have done more for women.
What happens when Ted Stevens is kicked out of office? Why, the Alaskan Governor herself gets to appoint a replacement. There's nothing stopping Ms. Palin from appointing the reflection in her mirror.
While we rightfully celebrate the election of our first African American president, let us take a moment to mourn the passage of three new laws legalizing prejudice.
Further polling results will help to answer the critical question of why religious voters cast their ballots the way they did. But three factors are likely key to understanding the religious shift.
By coming forward to the public today, 70 days until his inauguration, President-elect Obama showed America that he is already focused like a laser beam on the economy.
What we have seen in the last year is a rebirth of participatory democracy, infused by the energy of millions. Imagine what this energy can do if it channeled into ongoing action.
President Bartlett on The West Wing often said this. Usually at the end of an episode when a thing had been solved or resolved or lost or won and it was, whatever the case, time to move on.
With the announcement of Rahm Emanuel as chief of staff, the names of other potential appointees have begun to surface. What concerns me is that not many names of women have been mentioned.
In tough times like these, many believe that investments in people and training can wait; that corporate social responsibility can be put on the back burner. I believe passionately that this is precisely what American business leaders should not be doing today.
When it comes to seeing the world change and history made one of the best seats from which to watch is the anchor chair... and this week what a view.
Polls across America had been closed for less than 24 hours and Army Career Counselors were already exploiting Obama's victory in an effort to recruit former soldiers back into units.
As the Bush administration sputters to an end, the official unemployment rate rose from 6.1 to 6.5 percent in October. In these very difficult economic conditions, doing nothing is not an option.
There are, of course, serious issues raised by the advance of technology... and the rise of a ubiquitous media. But The Great Brain Suck has nothing new to say about them.
