Dreams From My Father

When Obama Became Black, But Not Lwo or African

S. N. Sangmpam | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics

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S. N. Sangmpam

Obama is neither "black" nor "white." He is a special type of American. He is the offspring of the two groups that have the longest been closely associated with each other in the United States.

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Obama Books Dominate Political Best Seller List

New York Times | Orville Buddo | Posted 11.22.2008 | 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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A Warm Heart for Mr. Cool

Margo Lion | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics

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Margo Lion

Isn't it time for those who mistook president-elect Barack Obama's outward demeanor...for "too cool for school" to revise their reviews and take a new measure of the man?

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Did You Hear The One About Barack Obama And.....

Mark Joseph | Posted 11.09.2008 | Media

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Mark Joseph

The media's collective failure means that for the next four years we will have a cottage industry of Obama rumormongering that will make Bill Clinton and Vince Foster look like child's play.

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

Lee Stranahan | Posted 10.17.2008 | 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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Exclusive -- Obama in 1995: "We Live in a Land of Strangers"

Glenn Hurowitz | Posted 04.28.2008 | Politics

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Glenn Hurowitz

An amazing moment in this just-unearthed interview, Obama discusses his belief that his own personal salvation is inseparable from the redemption of the whole nation.

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Hillary Pulls Race Card and Obama May Fold

Margaret Carlson | Posted 01.17.2008 | Politics

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Margaret Carlson

Seeing Al Sharpton defending Obama from charges of youthful drug abuse, I realized that the Clintons had done what they needed to do to stop his surge in its tracks.

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Obama, Clinton, and the Spectre of the Culture Wars

Jeff Chang | Posted 12.18.2007 | Politics

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Jeff Chang

The resentments that made it possible for Bill Clinton to scold youths of color into behaving properly towards nice middle-of-the-road voters haven't disappeared.

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