Observation, prognostication and calls to action over the state of our nation. I promise to be biased, opinionated and, hopefully, insightful. Fair warning: I usually only write when my frustration with the status quo has reached near-meltdown proportions.
10 November 2004
Pardon my sarcasm: president George W. Bush did an amazing job campaigning this year. He pulled the Christian zealots across the country out of the woodwork and into the voting booths. His $270-million campaign—nearly three times what he spent in 2000—managed herculean feats never before seen.
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4 November 2004
During my weekend in Barcelona last year, I met an American on vacation from his home in Germany. During our short conversation he admitted that he had no desire to go back, and he would never live there again. I was shocked. Why would he have given up on his homeland? Sure, after two months overseas I could see some of the problems with our society, but I wasn't about to give it up—I wanted to make it change.
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28 October 2004
I've been saying it for weeks, and someone finally wrote a book about it. In contrast to the Republicans, democrats and others in the Left have underutilized the power of diction in representing their political motives. Wait, let me try it again: unlike Bush and his cronies, Liberals suck with words. Until now.
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