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Audacity of Hope

Mr. President, Can the Ghosts of Vietnam Talk You Down?

Dan Siegel | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lessons in Disaster, Afghanistan, Vietnam War, LBJ Vietnam, Audacity of Hope, President Obama, Ted Sorensen, Daniel Ellsberg, Stanley Karnow, Afghanistan War, George Mcgovern, Politics News
Dan Siegel

Dear Mr. President: It is stunning to me that a humane and discerning mind like yours is being dragged further into an unnecessary and unwinnable war. Please listen to your inner compass.

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The Writer-in-Chief

Steve Ross | Posted 11.03.2009 | Books

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Steve Ross

Dreams from My Father had received a few impressive blurbs and favorable reviews, but had sold only a few thousand copies, so had been out of print for years.

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A Paucity of Hope

Gerald Sindell | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

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Gerald Sindell

Hope was intrinsically too big a promise to run on. Hope unleashes dreams of the beautiful, while politics by its nature can only deliver the truly ugly and barely functioning compromise.

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Obama's Books Crush McCain's In Terms Of Royalties

Washington Post | Dan Eggen | Posted 07.13.2009 | Media

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Barack Obama not only beat John McCain at the ballot box last year, he also crushed him in the bookstores....

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The Hope of Audacity

August J. Pollak | Posted 07.02.2009 | Comedy

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August J. Pollak

America waits patiently for the aforementioned, well, anything.

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Selling Hope Instead of Fear: 
Redefining Activism

Christiana Wyly | Posted 02.21.2009 | Politics

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Christiana Wyly

We need to follow Obama's example of reaching across the barriers that divide us as a people. We must learn how to reach into our hearts and truly meet another human being exactly where they are.

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The Audacity Of Hope

Kenneth Thompson | Posted 12.27.2008 | Chicago

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Kenneth Thompson

Let us hope that President-elect Obama continues to inspire the American people to forgo divisiveness and to instead unite to make the country better for all.

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Obama Books Dominate Political Best Seller List

New York Times | Orville Buddo | Posted 12.23.2008 | Media

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Barack Obama's presidential victory permeates this month's list of best-selling political books, with both of his own works returning to the top and s...

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Barack: Talk To Us Like Grownups About Terrorism and Save Us From Ourselves

David Quigg | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics

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David Quigg

When we let shock or panic or a lust for vengeance guide us, we are a greater danger to ourselves than terrorists ever could be. Any terrorists. With any weapon.

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Obama Book Sales Surge

AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 12.06.2008 | Media

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NEW YORK — Barack Obama's historic victory has given yet another boost to his million-selling books, "Dreams from My Father" and "The Audacity o...

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Hope Hurts

David Weinberger | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics

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David Weinberger

The hope Obama offers is that we can get past the knee-jerk positions that are used to test the loyalty of the faithful.

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This Campaign Pulls Volunteer Into Politics

Jonah Lalas | Posted 12.01.2008 | Home

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Jonah Lalas

It is early morning on August 28th at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. While thousands of delegates and enthusiastic supporters were rec...

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The 3 Latest Reasons I'm Voting Obama: Books, McChaos, Lessig

Lee Stranahan | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics

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Lee Stranahan

Everyone has their own reasons for voting. These are mine. I'm posting a new ultrashort video on YouTube every day from now until election day listin...

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Fox News No More, This Obamacon Had Enough

Logan Perkes | Posted 10.20.2008 | Home

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Logan Perkes

Sarah works hard to convert her fellow Republicans with her unique insider advantage. She realizes how the Republican message works, how it exploits fear. "It's all the same -- that terrorists are coming and we need to be on offense."

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Obama: "If I Get Punched, Very Rarely Have You Seen Me Not Hit Back Hard"

Newsweek | Jon Meacham | Posted 09.24.2008 | Politics

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Late last Thursday afternoon, before announcing who will join him in the fall campaign against John McCain, Barack Obama spoke with NEWSWEEK's Jon Mea...

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Fear Versus Hope in the Fight Against Terror

Scott Atran | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics

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Scott Atran

Fear may be the oldest and strongest emotion in our species. The politics of hope plays to a less primitive emotion.

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Obama: "Hope And Anger Go Hand And Hand"

AP | BETH FOUHY | Posted 04.23.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON, Pa. — Democratic Sen. Barack Obama on Tuesday dismissed a voter's suggestion that when Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton called him elitis...

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