What's worse: to be persecuted and indicted for trying to expose an act of wrongdoing -- or to be ignored for doing so?
These birthers represent a small but vocal minority in this country who have somehow failed to grasp that American democracy is rooted in a set of principles, not a set of demographic characteristics.
Mr. President, talk to us directly. Tell us again why your election was only the first step, not the culmination, of a genuine movement to change the way we understand power, democracy, and our own roles in those phenomena.
Tomorrow, the celebration will not be limited to the mall in Washington, or the inaugural events all over our country. Tomorrow will be a day to celebrate being an American citizen of a new World.
What a thrill to have as a President-elect a man who speaks in whole sentences, who has well-enunciated thoughts, a readily accessible grasp of history -- and a sense of humor to boot.
John McCain unveiled a new attack on Barack Obama's patriotism Saturday, jumping all over - and taking out of context - remarks made yesterday in whic...
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.
Some harsh talk from Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK): Regardless of what polls show, Inhofe said, voters will have to ask themselves a question once they ge...
These topics are trivial in the long run. And Democrats would be hard pressed to make an issue out of this when they've been bemoaning the use of it a...
Ok. I'm 57 years old and cast my first vote in 1972--proudly, I will add--for George McGovern, but in the intervening 36 years I have rarely felt pro...
Two of the Senate's most prominent war critics took to the defense of Barack Obama among withering criticism that his opposition to the surge was driv...
Continuing the campaign battles over issues of war and patriotism, Barack Obama accused John McCain of using the successes of the surge to hide the fa...
The Obama camp is pushing a new theme in Pennsylvania tomorrow -- it's called the "Buy American, Vote Obama" campaign. ... According to an Obama aid...
Does Joe Lieberman not realize that he is using one of the oldest anti-semitic tricks in the book to accuse Obama of being the Islamic candidate?
WASHINGTON — The nation's largest labor organization mailed 600,000 fliers to swing union voters in four states Tuesday in an effort to help Dem...
The Politico reports that, having tried unsuccessfully to paint Barack Obama as a liberal flip-flopper, John McCain is getting personal: As Senator B...
The McCain campaign, which has said it doesn't question Obama's patriotism, is now doing something awfully similar: Claiming that Barack Obama and the...
This line from a top McCain adviser, in a Politico article on Obama's efforts to convince the electorate that he's American through and through, is un...
Attacks on Obama's patriotism fueled by fear-mongering speculation about his religious faith demand a vigorous defense of patriotism on First Amendment grounds. That's not what we got this week.
Can we just stipulate that each of the candidates devoutly loves this country, since there's no way to disprove otherwise? Slimy rumormongering just won't cut it.
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Monday he will never question others' patriotism during the race and bla...
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Monday he will never question others' patriotism during the race and bla...
Barack Obama used a speech on patriotism to rebuke MoveOn.org's "General Betray Us" ad last year: Caricatures of left and right . . . most evident ...
How the candidates define their love of country may help determine the election's outcome. Time asked each for his view of the meaning of patriotism. ...
So what is that on Barack Obama's lapel as he speaks at a town meeting in conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh's hometown, Cape Girardeau, Mo.? ...
