On a cold, winter morning in February 2007, in Springfield, Illinois, in the land of Abraham Lincoln, then Senator Barack Hussein Obama Jr. announced his intent to run for the office of President of the United...
opinion by Karen Hatter | 9 wks ago | updated 6 wks ago 1200 views | 70 recommendations | 51 comments
President Franklin D. Roosevelt said during his inauguration speech in 1933: " .... let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself—nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror...
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AAPP says: I have been trying to understand why the Congressional Black Caucus and Barack Obama seem not to get along. Candidly, this appears to be a case of "old USA negro self -hatred vs new black political thinking and doing." The...
Now that the people of the United States of America, composed of all races, colors and demographics, have elected the first African American to serve as President of the United States, a possibly torturous road...
opinion by Karen Hatter | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 920 views | 40 recommendations | 6 comments
With all due respect to my Republican friends I think will sacrifice my neutrality and endorse Obama for President of the United States. Friends, Obama is just plain awesome, absolutely awesome, please don't make...
opinion by candidusmaximus | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 79 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Most of us remember Cosmo Kramer, Jerry Seinfeld's, uh, eccentric neighbor, prone to uninvited visits, even when Jerry wasn't home.
Humorist Brian Unger, featured on National Public Radio's Day to Day, offers a...
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In an e mail sent to her supporters on Thursday, June 5, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, the first woman candidate to succeed as a viable candidate, advancing down to the...
created by Karen Hatter | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 1030 views | 45 recommendations | 19 comments
So, I grab the latest issue of Newsweek out of the mailbox the other day. The cover title? Obama, Race and Us.
As this primary season has evolved, I've tried to recall, within my lifetime, except...
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