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Europe's Usurpation of the Obama Triumph

Andrei Markovits | Posted 12.09.2008 | Politics

Europe is rejoicing in the Obama victory and claiming it as a direct result of their moral superiority over Americans while at the same time hiding their own shortcomings and intolerances.

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Kathleen Parker, Now Hailed by Liberals, Questioned Obama's Americanism Back in May

Greg Mitchell | Posted 12.09.2008 | Media

Kathleen Parker earned plaudits from liberals during the fall campaign by speaking out against the Palin pick, but allow me to point out that in May she strongly questioned Obama's patriotism.

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George Bush's Fun

Stephen Schlesinger | Posted 12.09.2008 | Politics

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Why would George W. Bush suggest to Barack Obama that he have "fun' and enjoy himself now that he's the new chief executive?

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The Psychology Of Hope and Fear

Joyce McFadden | Posted 12.09.2008 | Living

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Obama inspired our country by realizing that we need in our country the very same thing we need in our personal lives: to use the better part of hope and fear together.

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The Politics of Realignment

Jerome Karabel | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

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Barack Obama's victory could well be the third realigning election in the past century -- one that will be seen by historians as the beginning of an emerging Democratic majority.

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Barack Obama And Sam Cooke on Election Night

Kerry Candaele | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

Bill Ayers was not Barack Obama's touchstone; rather, it was Sam Cooke and his never-ending refrain, Change is gonna come. And now change has arrived, and we embrace it.

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A New Faith Coalition

Jim Wallis | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

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Further polling results will help to answer the critical question of why religious voters cast their ballots the way they did. But three factors are likely key to understanding the religious shift.

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Election Reflection: Good News and Bad News for Women and Families

Judy Patrick | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

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Sadly, many voters did not see past their fears to understand how denying LGBT people rights is cut from the same cloth of discrimination that made Obama's election such a poignant event.

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Democracy and the Inclusion of the Undocumented

Joshua Hoyt | Posted 12.08.2008 | Chicago

For many in the immigrant communities the election of Barack Obama is a beacon of hope that our American Democracy will finally include them.

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Obama the Figurehead

Andrew Sargus Klein | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

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Prop. 8 passed, after Obama's speech. It was a bitter pill for progressives to swallow and a reminder that no matter who is president the public faces many significant issues on its own.

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I Suffer From Campaign Withdrawal

Joel Schwartzberg | Posted 12.08.2008 | Living

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It's true. I miss Candidate Obama and Candidate McCain. I miss the debate and primary nights. I miss the moronic focus groups and their silly reaction meters. I want David Gergen to be my grandfather.

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Re: Scott Kesterson's "The Other Side of Paradise"

Sean Gilfillan | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

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The one thing that all US Army personnel have in common is their choice to wear the uniform and volunteer to serve the nation, regardless of who is in charge and regardless of if they agree.

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Congratulations, Homophobes, You've Prevailed in Florida, Arizona and California!

Andy Ostroy | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

Religious fanatics rejoice! You did it! You won! You've succeeded in getting amendments passed in Florida, Arizona and California banning same-sex marriage! This is your crowning moment!

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Scapegoating and Proposition 8

Paul Katz | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

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I acknowledge that I did little or next to nothing to help. The passage of Prop 8 has galvanized me, though, and I won't make the same mistake twice. I plan to participate now.

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Score One for the Polls

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

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Skepticism about science is good. But instead of turning us off scientific information altogether, skepticism should lead to its more careful consumption.

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Keeping Obama's Campaign "Army" Mobilized as a Force for Change in Peacetime

Gara LaMarche | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

What we have seen in the last year is a rebirth of participatory democracy, infused by the energy of millions. Imagine what this energy can do if it channeled into ongoing action.

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Meet the New Christian Right

Bruce Wilson | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics

Despite talks of its death following the election, within the last two decades the American Christian right has vectored outwards to become a truly global mass membership movement.

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The Other Side of Paradise, Part 2

Scott Kesterson | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics

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Talking about the election, the Staff Sergeant said to me, "If there is anything I take away from this, it is that change is fearful."

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Yes Business Can

Howard Schultz | Posted 12.07.2008 | Business

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In tough times like these, many believe that investments in people and training can wait; that corporate social responsibility can be put on the back burner. I believe passionately that this is precisely what American business leaders should not be doing today.

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Tears For Obama?

Lloyd Garver | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics

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Barack Obama and his family are now preparing to move into the White House - which was built with slave labor. That's progress, isn't it?

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A Landslide Victory for Obama In Antarctica

Todd Carmichael | Posted 12.07.2008 | Green

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The main reason I voted for Obama is because of the effects of climate change I've witnessed first-hand here in Antarctica.

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Praise God?

Paul Raushenbush | Posted 12.07.2008 | Living

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Obama's election does not wipe out the vicious racism of centuries, and Prop 8 shows that there is still work to be done confronting the discrimination of Gay and Lesbian people.

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The Government in Exile: What Obama Can Do for Women

Marie Wilson | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics

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In a campaign whose rallying cry was "change", shifting the status of women in this country by bringing them fully to the tables of power would be a great place to start.

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Barack Obama and the World's Highest Hopes

Bill Cusack | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics

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I feel as if America just took a shower. This country has never felt so clean and fresh and reinvigorated.

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Congratulations From a Conservative

Douglas MacKinnon | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics

While it may anger some of my fellow conservatives, I want President-elect Obama to succeed. More than that, I need him to succeed. Rhetoric is easy but results are hard and often fleeting.

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