Sarah Palin was named John McCain’s vice presidential nominee just three days ago, yet it seems that weeks have passed in terms of the mountains of controversy it has stirred up. An overwhelming amount of negative publicity and sometimes shocking … Read more »
Last week, the Republican Party put the finishing touches on its 2008 election platform, which the party will officially adopt this week at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, MN. Many on the right have indicated that this year’s … Read more »
There is a lot more poverty in the world than previously thought. The World Bank reported in August that in 2005, there were 1.4 billion people living below the poverty line… Read more »
As we emerge from Labor Day, college students are gathering back on campuses not only to start the fall semester, but also, in some cases, to vote for the first time in a presidential election. There is no bigger issue … Read more »
WASHINGTON, Sep 1 (IPS) – Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki signaled last week that that all U.S. troops — including those with non-combat functions — must be out of the country by the end of 2011 under the agreement he … Read more »
The Democrats need to be careful about the intensity of their criticism of Sarah Palin. She may look like an easy target, an appalling lightweight who will send serious voters scurrying to the more substantive Obama-Biden ticket. And the temptation … Read more »
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s debut in Dayton on Friday was good political theater. She delivered a pitch-perfect speech (presumably written by McCain’s ghost writer, Mark Salter) with a panache that suggests she could be a natural on the national stage. … Read more »
The big news, obviously, in the blogosphere today is John McCain’s surprise pick for the Republican veep nominee–a relative unknown by the name of Sarah Palin, whom–at least in the more conventional political circles–would appear to be a complete cypher.… Read more »
Today marks the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina hitting the GulfCoast. On August 29, 2005, Katrina cut “a 125-mile swath of destruction stretching from coastal Alabama across Mississippi to the French Quarter and the Superdome.” Katrina was the costliest hurricane … Read more »
Forty-five years ago today, Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous “I Have A Dream” speech to over 200,000 people from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. African-Americans were “still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation … Read more »
