The American Spirit Personified
Presidential debates are a relatively recent phenomenon, originally suggested in 1956 by a University of Maryland student by the name of Fred A. Kahn. I spoke with him about a month ago.
Presidential debates are a relatively recent phenomenon, originally suggested in 1956 by a University of Maryland student by the name of Fred A. Kahn. I spoke with him about a month ago.
On the eve of Iran's presidential election, the Islamic state shut off the text messaging services of all cell phones. Iran has a far way to go before becoming a true democracy.
You can't just listen to Rush Limbaugh and get things done.
What is the international community waiting for, to see even more dismembered people, and families erased before they act? What is happening is against humanity. Are we not human?
Palin is one-person reiteration of everything from "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" (early round dismissal?) up through and including "Survivor."
Obama's eloquent election-night speech in Grant Park is surely one of the great moments in Chicago history.
The election of Illinois Senator Barack Obama as America's 44th president is astounding, historical, implausible, improbable and completely without precedent.
One of the added benefits that hadn't been considered at its inception is that Daylight Savings is also connected to energy-efficiency.
An economic rebound will be spurred by a grass-roots spirit of can-do and hope in the future personified by the Obama campaign.
It's time for real straight talk on how your policies affect real women, Senator McCain.
What has particularly impressed me about Barack Obama is how he frames situations, utilizes language in conflict, and comports himself very much like a mediator.
The third debate has evoked comments from both the left and right about John McCain's anger at Barack Obama. I've analyzed this by capturing about 350 still images of McCain from the debate.
a close look at McCain's past statements and positions reveals that he actually does not know many of the issues and facts, from the simplest to the most complex and important
As a high school teacher who dips into my own wallet to buy paper and pencils for students in the second largest school district in the land, I recognize the dangers of a pro-voucher McCain administration. Vouchers are not, as Obama so succinctly put it, the panacea for failing schools.
It's over. The American people have spoken. If this election was a basketball game, it would be time to clear the benches and let the subs play out the clock.
In the wake of McCain-Palin visits to North Carolina, a string of election season crimes have occurred around the state involving violence, vandalism, and harassment.
The Internet is a valuable tool with which to seek out information on those competing with you, and it is very likely that a Google will provide you with a treasure trove of unsavory information.
If Obama expects to defeat John McCain, who indeed has more foreign policy experience, he must be more willing to challenge his opponent's record.
Weren't we all supposed to rush to McCain/Palin when Hillary folded her tent? After all, Palin wears a skirt and McCain obviously figured we girl voters were too dumb to know the difference.
Some say we are in the early days of the American version of the fall of the Roman Empire. Therefore, is television the electronic version of the Roman Circus?
I saw my physician last week and she said that many of her black women patients were experiencing higher than normal blood pressures. She recommended that we double the dose of our hypertension meds until Obama wins.