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The Honeymooners

Bob Franken | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics

How long is the honeymoon going to last?

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Professor Obama

Marcia DeSanctis | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics

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Rather than preach, build or spread democracy, we proved that our system works. By winning, Obama did more to teach the Iraqis about democracy than four years of nation building has done.

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Prop 8 and Rethinking the Amendment Process

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics

A change in the amendment process for states will not always ensure the protection of minority rights. But it will encourage consistency. It will deter attacks on specific groups of people.

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Post Election: How To Restore Your Personal Operating System

Kay Goldstein | Posted 12.11.2008 | Living

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The election season has been a long and sometimes difficult journey. Many of us have been training our minds and bodies to get into some pretty self-defeating habits.

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Sunday Roundup

Arianna Huffington | Posted 12.09.2008 | Politics

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In the wake of Obama's overwhelming victory, and Democratic gains in the House and Senate, conservatives are desperately trying to convince the world that these results are meaningless. "Democrats should not make the mistake of viewing Tuesday's results as a repudiation of conservatism," insisted John Boehner. "Barack Obama understands this is a center-right country," claimed Karl Rove. "This country remains every bit as center-right as it has for a generation," parroted Brent Bozell. And David Brooks dreamed of an Obama administration that understands "this was an election where the middle asserted itself." Drunk on self-delusion, a staggering GOP whistles past the electoral graveyard, missing the whole point of this election: the center has shifted, and positions that used to be considered left-wing -- on healthcare, on global warming, on corporate responsibility, on Iraq -- are now solidly mainstream.

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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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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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Memo to Our Parents: We Do Care

Naomi Hirabayashi | Posted 12.08.2008 | Media

Our social action is unrecognizable to older generations. They wonder why we spend so much time online, join Facebook groups, and tweet our lives away.

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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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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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A Democrat's Advice to the GOP For the Future: My Top 20 Suggestions For a Winning Strategy

Andy Ostroy | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

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3. Stop being so partisan. Some things (global warming, supporting the troops) are black and white, not red or blue.

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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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