Senator Clinton's E Mail to Supporters (An Update)

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 wire in...

The 'Reality' Card

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...

The Parable of the 'Baby' (Additional links)

On May 31, 2008, the Rules and By-Laws Committee of the Democratic National Convention will meet in Washington, D.C. to work out a compromise to a set of circumstances threatening to divide the Democratic Party,...

NOW Where Will the Finish Line Be Moved? (Additional links added)

The time for debating credentials has long since become a moot point. Senator Barack Obama, according to his Party's rules, having received what has been described as an "insurmountable" lead in pledged...

" Living in America ....

.... Eye to eye Station to station ...."   So go the first few lines in the chorus of that song by the late Soul Brother #1, the Godfather of Soul, James Brown, in his hit song of the same...

"Happy Anniversary to ....

.... us!     Happy anniversary to us!     Happy anniversary me and NowPublic ...."     Okay! That's enough 'singing'!     I wanted to acknowledge that today...

Okay.... So What IS a Super Delegate?

For starters, Super delegates are current and former leaders in the Democratic Party with voting power, existing only in the Democratic Party. They are not to be confused with the regular delegate count,...

An Evening in Philly with Obama

As I stood on the Mall on April 18, 2008, I considered the contradictory circumstances that seemed to merge at that place as I listened to Senator Barack Obama as he addressed the...

What Constitutes a Conspiracy?

The root word in conspiracy is conspire and for the purposes of this piece, I intend for conspiracy to refer to the action of secretly plotting unlawful acts as well as the act of conspiring among conspirators. On...

An Exclusive Interview With Senator Obama

On Saturday, February 23, 2008, Star-Telegram's Austin Bureau Chief, Jay Root, spoke with Senator Barack Obama, one of the two remaining Democratic candidates seeking their party's nomination for president...

The Election Process

On Tuesday, November 4, 2008, the United States presidential election will be upon us, with most of the nation planning to engage in a process that is viewed as an opportunity for...