Have you met Michelle?

Our little caravan to Peoria yesterday was an active search for hope in a divisive world.  Our driver John is newly retired.  I tried to imagine being his fellow soldier in the helicopter he piloted above Viet Nam.  His girlfriend, Bonnie, specializes in educating those incorrigibles demoted to alternative schooling.  I shared the back seat with [...]

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Mitt Romney in South Carolina: “Who’s the dumbest hick in the room?”

Just what we need in the much maligned South. National news coverage of the Palmetto State: The only top tier Republican candidate for president without adultery and/or divorce in his past comes on down to see us–and what does he do? Mitt Romney poses with a Southern blonde doxy sporting a nasty, poorly executed poster that [...]

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Poll Dancing: questions, answers and the naked truth

2008 looms large. Another national election, another chance to have our voices heard. As soon as we know what we think. What we want. Who we want to give us what we want for four years. Lord knows we need a change. Some of us know exactly who and what we want. Barack Obama. Most others, [...]

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Ethics: The New Core Competency

My either/or mind exerts a preference for contrast while it’s in decision-making mode.  I’m frustrated with not being able to find much ethics information at the White House website.  Let’s review a refreshing memo from Day #1 of the current Administration.
 
Seems like YESTERDAY –

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Dear Laura, Hang in, hold on…

While on vacation last week I got a letter from a friend. She’s a well educated  young liberal woman with two preschoolers, a career, a home to run. She sees the need for drastic change in governance; she clearly supports Barack Obama to spearhead that change. But she’s discouraged. She’s an idealist struggling to hold fast [...]

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Ripples in the Water

I spent the spring of 2004 in London. It was interesting time to be an American living abroad; the war in Iraq marked its one year anniversary, and the abuses at Abu Ghraib appeared on the front pages of every newspaper. And London, of all cities, was an interesting place for an American to find [...]

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Race And The Race: Are We Ready?

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By Brian Braiker
Newsweek
Large majorities report a willingness to vote for either a woman or an African-American candidate for the office, according to the latest NEWSWEEK Poll.

Although 92 percent of the NEWSWEEK Poll’s respondents claim they would vote for a black candidate (up from 83 percent in 1991), only 59 percent believe the country [...]

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Liveblogging from the NOI Bootcamp

Hey, this is Erin, guest blogging from the New Organizing Institute Boot Camp in DC. We have 60 young progressive organizers from across the country and an amazing view of the Washington Monument from our classroom at GWU. Since Sunday evening, we’ve put in over 30 hours for trainings, activities, and simulations. The level of [...]

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