What I would like to hear from the 2008 Presidential candidates

This is the first of a series of posts I will write on this general issue.
Campaign Finance
As I request and accept contributions toward my presidential campaign, I do so humbly, recognizing that the people who contribute are putting their faith in me because they like me, my politics, my tone, my vision. They see [...]

Quote from The Audacity of Hope by Barak Obama

From Barak Obama’s book, The Audacity of Hope
“The Democratic Party has become the party of reaction. In reaction to a war that is ill-conceived, we appear suspicious of all military action. In reaction to those who proclaim the market can cure all ills, we resist efforts to use market principles to tackle pressing [...]

Book Review of “The Mighty and the Almighty” by Madeleine Albright

Madeleine Albright’s The Mighty and the Almighty: Reflection on America, God, and World Affairs is an exploration of the interplay of religion and politics and how, as much as anyone may try to prevent or deny it, they are inextricably linked. She tells of how at the end of the Cold War, many in [...]

Is President Bush Preparing for War with Iran?

After the attacks on September 11, 2001, America wanted justice. And the pursuit of justice began quickly with U.S. troops going into Afghanistan, with wide international support, to find Osama bin Laden and remove the repressive Taliban regime in Afghanistan that had facilitated bin Laden’s movement. Things were going well in the “war [...]

Movie Review of “An Inconvenient Truth”

The day after seeing Al Gore’s movie An Inconvenient Truth, I was talking to a friend about it. He countered with Michael Crichton’s recent book, The State of Fear, a work of fiction that puts forth the assertion that global warming is a farce being played on the public by environmental extremists, and my [...]

President Bush’s War on the American Middle Class

The Bush administration has done a lot of damage to America in general, from peeling back our Constitutional rights either in secret or in unconstitutional “signing statements” to making the world a more dangerous place through its ineptitude in the war in Iraq. But there seems to be an especially concerted effort on the [...]

Liberty and Freedom Exported

In Bush’s speech last night, he mentioned “freedom” six times and “liberty” three times. He referred to “advancing liberty across a troubled region.” He mentioned “democracy” or “democratic” six times in relation to Iraq. My question is, in his exporting these fine values from the U.S., are we left with less of [...]

Bush Still Doesn’t Get It

In a televised speech on the “new direction” in Iraq, President George W. Bush simply tried to feed us more of the same tripe we’ve been refusing for years. The “new direction” is, essentially, stay the course, only with 21,500 more soldiers with targets on their backs. The most frightening thing is he [...]

The Future of Education in America

Several recent reports by educational organizations, groups, think tanks, etc. have been released recently either praising or condemning the No Child Left Behind Act.