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Campaign 2008

The President Who Made the Voting Possible

November 5, 2008

At times history and fate meet at a single time in a single place to shape a turning point in man’s unending search for freedom. So it was at Lexington and Concord. So it was a century ago at Appomattox. –President Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965 At a time when the first African-American has just been [...]

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The New Frontier Rejoined

November 4, 2008

There is a tide that is surging across America.  It carries a new reality that the most pressing divide today is not between red and blue states, or rich and poor, or even black and white. It is the struggle between generosity and selfishness, between transparency and secrecy, between inclusiveness and alienation. That was a [...]

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Outrage of the Week: Ten Million Missing Canadians

October 18, 2008

Canada, too, needs to turn the political page.  That process is not assisted when citizens slumber while their political leaders tap dance silently across the stage in the dark, hoping that no one will notice how mediocre they really are. Half-a-world away, in a country where hostile fire is heard on a regular basis, Canadians [...]

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The Winds of Change from Iowa

January 4, 2008

The year has already started off with a surprise, and for many, carries with it the promise of profound change. In our annual year-end review, we predicted that Americans may not be quite as eager as some have thought to place a cartouche around the Clinton dynastic name. Last night, the Democratic voters of Iowa [...]

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