Audacity of Hope

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

Dan Siegel | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics


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.

The Writer-in-Chief

Steve Ross | Posted 11.03.2009 | Books


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.

A Paucity of Hope

Gerald Sindell | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics


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.

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

Washington Post | Dan Eggen | Posted 07.13.2009 | Media


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

The Hope of Audacity

August J. Pollak | Posted 07.02.2009 | Comedy


August J. Pollak

America waits patiently for the aforementioned, well, anything.

Selling Hope Instead of Fear: 
Redefining Activism

Christiana Wyly | Posted 02.21.2009 | Politics


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.

The Audacity Of Hope

Kenneth Thompson | Posted 12.27.2008 | Chicago


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.

Obama Books Dominate Political Best Seller List

New York Times | Orville Buddo | Posted 12.23.2008 | Media


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...

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

David Quigg | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics


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.

Obama Book Sales Surge

AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 12.06.2008 | Media


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...

Hope Hurts

David Weinberger | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics


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.

This Campaign Pulls Volunteer Into Politics

Jonah Lalas | Posted 12.01.2008 | Home


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...

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

Lee Stranahan | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics


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...

Fox News No More, This Obamacon Had Enough

Logan Perkes | Posted 10.20.2008 | Home


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."

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

Newsweek | Jon Meacham | Posted 09.24.2008 | Politics


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...

Fear Versus Hope in the Fight Against Terror

Scott Atran | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics


Scott Atran

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

Obama: "Hope And Anger Go Hand And Hand"

AP | BETH FOUHY | Posted 04.23.2008 | Politics


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