I've never been much for patriotism. Never understood what the heck people were talking about, frankly, when they said they wanted to serve their country. I started trying to change my country long...
My father's warning to me 9 years ago, faced with my first US election as a voter, has come true today: you're voting for yourself, and your father and your family, and your country. President...
In Canada, we have socialized medicine, same gender marriage is legal, and though we have a disparity between rich and poor it does not come close to the separation in the United States. Our rate of...
Picture courtesy of Amanda Jaffe. When the presidential primaries started, Barack Obama was already something of a celebrity. And from the beginning, his campaign's posters and Web site were...
I am aware that at times I sound like the Obama administration's chief cheerleader, but after eight years of Bush policies that felt like a kick in the guts or a punch in the jaw every couple of...
For a while, people scoffed at Barack Obama’s run for the presidency, writing him off as a naïve idealist who could never make it halfway through the primaries, let alone into the Oval Office. His...
“Change. Change. Change. Change... Change. Change. Chaaange. When you say words a lot they don't mean anything. Or maybe they don't mean anything anyway, and we just think they do.” –Delirium,...
Half of the fun of thinking about a new Obama administration is betting on Cabinet picks. The blogosphere is already abuzz with arguments and suggestions, some of which are based on leaks from the...
Jack Carter is a businessman and politician. He is the son of former United States President Jimmy Carter. It was a night that makes me proud to be an American and proud of all of my fellows who call...
Like many people across the globe I sat on the edge of my seat and watched the election results roll in. Though I have always felt that Obama is a centrist who will govern along that line, with the...