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The Atheist Bus Campaign: Why it's Okay to Offend the Religious

Ali A. Rizvi | Posted 03.05.2009 | Living

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Ali A. Rizvi

What do the holy books -- which billions believe contain the indisputable word of God -- say about non-believers or those who question religion?

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Obama's Inaugural Address: Better Than Pundits Allow

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics

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Jeff Schweitzer

As a master orator, Obama faced expectations for his inaugural speech that were infused with the stratospheric hopes of his audience. Reporters were ...

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Connecting Political Rhetoric to Daily Action

Christine Mason McCaull | Posted 02.28.2009 | Living

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Christine Mason McCaull

Now is the time to connect the big policy rhetoric to your own life. Here are a few suggestions for taking daily action on the issues in the inaugural address.

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I Did It Anyway

Beth Broderick | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

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Beth Broderick

I was one of the 2 million folks who braved the elements to attend the Inauguration. I expected cold and confusion and craziness and I got it in spades. I did it anyway.

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Obama's Inaugural Speech Gets a B+

Trey Ellis | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

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Trey Ellis

Watching the speech again after the Inauguration, and watching the world watch it, realizing that there was not a corner of the globe that wasn't listening, I think it is fair to have expected more.

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Reflections on "The Speech"

Ben Rosen | Posted 02.25.2009 | Politics

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Ben Rosen

There was no part of "the speech" that will live in history. Nothing Obama said comes close to the emotional impact of the opening line of his Iowa caucus victory speech.

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Behaving Christ-Like

Carol Hoenig | Posted 02.25.2009 | Living

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Carol Hoenig

When President Barack Obama said in his inaugural address that "We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus and non-believers", I could...

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Frozen, Hungover & Happy in DC

Roderick Spencer | Posted 02.24.2009 | Living

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Roderick Spencer

On Tuesday, a lot of people in Washington, and I suspect everywhere else in the world, drank way too much. But for once our drunkenness wasn't to blot out reality, but to revel in it.

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I Booed Bush

Gabrielle Burton | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics

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Gabrielle Burton

Miss Manners says you cannot permit a bravo for an operatic performance without also permitting a boo. Can we extrapolate to politicians on state occasions?

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After Inauguration, Obama Celebrates with His Network

Ari Melber | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics

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Ari Melber

If nothing else, this week the city of Washington was Obamafied. People went not just to celebrate, but to bear witness, to be together, to physically join the concise ritual of swearing in the president.

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Obama's First Days Are Impressive But Massive Problems Remain To Be Solved

Robert Guttman | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics

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Robert Guttman

It is great to see such enthusiasm for Obama. It is good to see a new mood of hope. But let's not be unrealistic about our problems--they are many and they are large.

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Well Done, America

Simon Jenkins | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics

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Simon Jenkins

Obama may yet prove a disappointment. The task asked of him may be too great. But for the moment that is of no account. American democracy has delivered, and done so spectacularly.

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My Inaugural Reflections

Sen. Barbara Boxer | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics

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Sen. Barbara Boxer

I cannot help but think of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who 47 years ago stood on steps of the Lincoln Memorial and spoke of his dream. Tuesday, that long-awaited, long-fought-for dream of equality was realized.

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Kennedy's Kids Then, Obama's Kids Now

Rajeev Goyal | Posted 02.21.2009 | Living

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Rajeev Goyal

I marched in the inaugural parade with members of the Peace Corps, and there are three moments that will stay with me forever.

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Why the President "Stepped Out" During His Inaugural Parade

Andrew Kreig | Posted 05.03.2009 | Politics

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Andrew Kreig

When Obama climbed from his limo to greet crowds assembled outside the National Archives and Navy Memorial, he followed the suggestion of the Memorial's designer William Conklin.

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President Obama's Rejection of American Cowardice

Bob Cesca | Posted 02.21.2009 | Politics

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Bob Cesca

President Obama has made it clear that America is no longer in the business of selling out the legacy of our Founders and the mandates of the Constitution for the sake of a little bit of extra security.

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"You Say Goodbye, I Say Hello"

Judge David Young | Posted 02.21.2009 | Politics

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Judge David Young

We are all taught as children not to talk to strangers, but during those hours standing still or barely inching along during the Inauguration Day traffic, I violated that rule repeatedly.

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Hungover Blogging of the Inauguration, an Inaugural Ball, & the HuffPost Ball

Lee Camp | Posted 02.21.2009 | Politics

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Lee Camp

I just returned from D.C. feeling like David Blaine returning from his 58-hour entombment in a block of ice: I'm cold, I lost some friends, and I gained an impressive case of PTSD.

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Obama's Call to Choose Our Better History

Michael Roth | Posted 02.21.2009 | Politics

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Michael Roth

As we start a new era, President Obama has asked us to reshape our destiny.

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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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Obama's Summons

Robert L. Borosage | Posted 02.21.2009 | Politics

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Robert L. Borosage

Each of us is called to "pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off and begin again the work of remaking America." It is a challenge that we can not afford to ignore.

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Champagne for Obama

Joan Z. Shore | Posted 02.21.2009 | World

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Joan Z. Shore

France opened its heart to America yesterday, and Paris opened the doors of its magnificent City Hall to a jubilant crowd of 1,300 to watch the inauguration ceremony, transmitted live by CNN.

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Not That Kind of Inaugural Speech

Rick Horowitz | Posted 02.21.2009 | Politics

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Rick Horowitz

Barack Obama knows how to get wild, rapturous feedback from crowds. He knows how to set it up -- how to kick up the rhetoric a notch, and the volume a notch -- and how to get a big response.

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WhiteHouse.gov: Still Celebrating the Online Inauguration

Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein | Posted 02.21.2009 | Politics

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Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein

Two of our hosts, Ted and Maegan, were in Washington DC for the festivities and they offer their own personal perspectives from the ground.

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Cautionary Champagne at The Center for Constitutional Rights

Odile Weissenborn | Posted 02.21.2009 | Politics

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Odile Weissenborn

At the Center for Constitutional rights, forty people gathered to watch the inauguration, pleased to witness Bush's departure. "Don't let the rotor blades hit you on the way out," warned CCR's database manager.

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