There is a very real danger of violence to Obama. That's the unfortunate price that elected officials, in this case a new president, who inspire hope must pay.
Julia Moulden | Posted 11.08.2008 | Living
Let's not wait for one man to save the world. Let's use the exuberant energy of his triumph to propel each of us forward.
Peter J Burns | Posted 11.06.2008 | Home
At Grant Park Obama reminded us of both Martin Luther King, Jr., and John F. Kennedy. I saw Dr. King's Dream come true on that stage. And Kennedy's vision was apparent in Obama's challenge to us. Kennedy and King never promised us a hand out. They promised us a fair shake.
Sherman Yellen | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics
Given a long life and a little luck Barack Obama promises to be a much better president than the Jack Kennedy I can recall.
Dave Winer | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics
At the end of Oliver Stone's biopic, just before Nixon resigns in disgrace, he delivers a powerful line. Standing in front of the White House portrai...
Andy Ostroy | Posted 10.28.2008 | Politics
These days, its hard to tell the difference between Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign and Sesame Street. The award winning children's educatio...
Alec Baldwin | Posted 10.27.2008 | Entertainment
Brolin hits every note beautifully and only grows stronger as the film goes on. His only problem is that people simply want Bush to go. They are too exhausted to discuss his legacy now.
Russ Baker | Posted 10.23.2008 | Entertainment
Compared to Stone's deeply disturbing JFK, a film that encourages us to think big and dig beneath the familiar surface, W. is Stone at his most tepid and superficial.
Daily Nightly | Brian Williams | Posted 10.10.2008 | Media
I wanted to alert our viewers (as Tom Brokaw will on Meet the Press on Sunday) to something we have coming up Monday night: newly-discovered audio tap...
Thom Hartmann | Posted 09.29.2008 | Media
America loves its elites -- we love our sports stars, our movie stars, our rock stars and even our political stars.
James Sanders | Posted 09.29.2008 | Home
JFK was no stranger to the plight of the African American of the 60's. On national television, he said, "One hundred years of delay have passed since President Lincoln freed the slaves, yet their heirs, their grandsons, are not fully free."
Robert Shrum | Posted 09.26.2008 | Politics
Tonight I think we know who the next President will be. McCain kept repeating that Obama doesn't "understand." But he clearly did. McCain made up no ground.
Stephen C. Rose | Posted 09.26.2008 | Politics
By Stephen C. Rose Presidents defy categorization by their decisions. Which renders exceedingly silly the idea that it makes a real difference whic...
Norman MacAfee | Posted 09.24.2008 | Politics
I urge you to see a new film, Virtual JFK: Vietnam, If Kennedy Had Lived, by Koji Masutani, now at the Film Forum in New York through September 30.
Kim Stolz | Posted 09.20.2008 | Politics
How many names of Vice Presidents do you remember in US History? And no, I'm not talking about the ones that later became Presidents. I'm talking abou...
Lisa Nesselson | Posted 09.05.2008 | Media
Pesky foreigners like Forestier probably think Sarah Palin was manufactured in a lab -- or pulled out of a hat -- in order to pander to specific demographics.
Tom Alderman | Posted 08.20.2008 | Media
AUDIO BOOK: "Counselor, A Life at the Edge of History" AUTHOR: Ted Sorensen ("Kennedy," "The Kennedy Legacy") GENRE: Autobiog...
Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics
After he's elected we will hold Obama's feet to the fire. There will be disappointments -- but what's new about that? The Left is always disappointed.
USA Today | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics
With Barack Obama's bid for the White House, the torch has been passed to a new generation in more ways than one: For the first time, the best-known K...
Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 06.12.2008 | Home
Hoax, cheap stunt, crank, crackpot, racist, and sick, were the apt terms tossed at so-called artist Yazmany Arboleda for his grotesquely named near ...
Robert Schlesinger | Posted 06.10.2008 | Politics
There are two fundamental schools of thought on foreign policy: suppose the Israelis launch a preemptive attack against Iran -- what does the United States do?
Linda Milazzo | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics
For nearly her entire 51 years, Caroline Kennedy has been part of the socio-political fabric of this nation. She first captivated America as the tin...
Blake Fleetwood | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics
Kennedy's death came when the world was on the cusp of transformation -- between authoritarian societies and social and political justice. Much of that change was stalled in the US for decades to come.
Leonce Gaiter | Posted 06.03.2008 | Home
"Hillary Clinton is an exemplary Senator, a furious campaigner, and a great American. She has been a vital part of this moment in history, this moment when we showed the world what the 'land of opportunity' can mean."
Ray Hanania | Posted 05.21.2008 | Politics
The Kennedy family has always had special meaning in my life. I know exactly where I was when a friend yelled out to me in 1963, "The president has been shot."
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Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics