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Category Archives: Politics

An Immense Hope

05-Nov-08

NY Times: Obama Elected President as Racial Barrier Falls

“If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer,” said [...]

The Next Four Years

04-Nov-08

Confused by this? It was written yesterday, and will be published tomorrow in Citizen News. You’re not stuck in a time warp.
Election Day is behind us, and I hope by now we know who won. I wouldn’t blame the winner if he called for a recount, given what’s facing him in the next four years.
The [...]

The Last Word

03-Nov-08

From FiveThirtyEight.com:

McCain’s chances of victory are estimated at 1.9 percent, their lowest total of the year.

For those of you who prefer to end this campaign on a positive note, Obama’s chances of victory are estimated at 98.1 percent, their highest total of the year.
I realize that for some of you, that’s not a positive note. [...]

The Way Things Work

02-Nov-08

The Republican Party is telling scary stories about socialism in its desperate last-minute attempt to stop Barack Obama from winning this election. (Yes, that’s what this is about. It’s not about electing John McCain. If it was about electing John McCain, we would have learned something about what John McCain intends to do if he [...]

A Scary Story

01-Nov-08

Happy belated Halloween! Got this email last night:

Three children go out trick or treating. Two went out early - - the third slept late and then joined them. The three knock on a door, and the man who answered is shocked that two of the three have bags full of candy and the [...]