Obama Inspiration

Letters to Obama

Mary Lou Song | Posted 03.31.2009 | Living


Mary Lou Song

All eyes are on President Obama, watching to see how the First 100 Days roll out. He has a tremendous job to do. We all have opinions, ideas,  skept...

A Tale of Two Speeches

Mary Lyon | Posted 03.28.2009 | Politics


Mary Lyon

2/25/09 A Tale of Two Speeches By Mary Lyon Feels like it's still the best of times and the worst of times. If the night of President Obama's first ...

Hope, This Morning's Dream

Kay Goldstein | Posted 05.28.2009 | Living


Kay Goldstein

Hope does not wait for a sign./ Hope is the sign:/ Beckon courage./ Soothe fear./ Kindle passion./ Build resolve./ Gather every soul/ until we are a million strong,/ until we are enough.

A Grandmother's Love

Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 12.09.2008 | Living


Dr. Tian Dayton

The strange timing of Obama's grandmother's death underlines what a grandmother's love is really meant to do; which is to prepare a child for a world that she may never lay eyes on.

The First Lesson of the Obama Victory: To Bring Fundamental Change You Have to Have More than a Campaign Organization, You Need a Movement

Robert Creamer | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics


Robert Creamer

To win, Obama needed a movement. The same will be true in order to enact Obama's agenda for change in the months ahead.

Two Years of Inspiration

Deanie Mills | Posted 12.05.2008 | Home


Deanie Mills

I have never seen a more exciting demonstration of democracy in action than what I have witnessed in the past two years, since I first read both of Obama's books and signed on as a volunteer.

Inspiration Comes to Ohio

Hilary Lambert | Posted 12.04.2008 | Home


Hilary Lambert

This morning I saw Barack Obama speak on the steps of the Ohio statehouse. I finally understood something. I felt things I don't think I've ever felt.

Oberlin Volunteer Canvasses Neighbor-to-Neighbor

Monica Klein | Posted 12.01.2008 | Home


Monica Klein

The local middle school in Kathy Rednaur's old town used to call Child Abuse Services on her every few months. Eventually, she picked up and moved her...

An All-American Obama Nation (VIDEO)

Hilary Beard | Posted 12.01.2008 | Home


Hilary Beard

The McCain/Palin campaign has engaged in an abominable campaign of painting Obama and his backers as "un-American." But Obama's supporters know that the candidate personifies the American dream.

The 23/6 Barack Obama Inspiration-O-Tron

236.com | Posted 04.04.2008 | Politics


In a speech from New York City today, Barack Obama addressed the nation's ever-more-depressing housing market crisis and still managed to inspire the ...