Day: January 1, 2009

A Huge Step

In March, 1968, we drove all night long in order to get to Florida for Spring Break, Daytona Beach. When we got there–as I remember–it

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On Choosing Hope

This is our time, to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids; to restore prosperity and promote the

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A Landmark Election

On a magnificent evening in early November, we rejoiced as our nation took a historic step toward a new day. In Chicago we had a

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I Wish Him Well

I did not vote for Barack Obama for president, but I wish him well. I’m a Republican–partly from inertia, partly by chance, partly by personal

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An American Revolution

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.” Roughly twohundred thirty two years ago, when Thomas Jefferson penned those immortal

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Marginality

Marginality is an in-between or liminal situation experienced by a marginal person or a marginal group of people because they are forced by the dominant

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The Bully Pulpit

Moderator Tom Brokaw on the December 7th edition of NBC’s “Meet the Press” asked Barack Obama what changes he and wife Michelle planned to bring

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