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Ask not what your country can do for you…

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

Red meat from a blue-collar messenger - Yahoo! News
“I’ve never seen a time when Washington has watched so many people get knocked down without doing anything to help them back up,” Biden said.
Kind of the opposite of JFK’s timeless quote on country, eh?  I’ve never seen a time when so many expected so much from [...]

Where should conversation on race start? - Yahoo! News

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

Where should conversation on race start? - Yahoo! News
“Let’s talk about what we have in common, common values, rather than what makes us different,” he says.
I want to relate a story from my days in academia.  Early on in my employment at a certain private University, all of the staff had to go to [...]

Kids and Politics

Wednesday, November 21st, 2007

Well, my son certainly has a good grasp on politics these days.  Him and I were discussing seeing the White House and had the following conversation:
Him:  I really want to see the White House.
Me: That sounds like fun.
Him: Actually, I just want to see the President.
Me: Hmmm, that may be a little harder.
Him: Yeah, You [...]