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The State of the Union may be better than we think

The State of the Union may be better than we think
Grading Obama's Second Year --With the voting pubic his job approval is less than 50% but, in my view, he still earns an A+ for spiritual intelligence. Suppose Barack Obama is “A Magic Negro,” as some of his detractors saw and quickly ridiculed so that “thinking” people would not look...
January 24th, 2011 | Featured, State of the Union, US | Read More

State of the Union: Rumble young man rumble

State of the Union: Rumble young man rumble
My friend, the Miami businessman, Dave Williams, sees things differently than other people. He says this is because he is a space alien. “Muhammad Ali would have been proud of our President last night,” Dave said. I fastened my seat belt for a trip into outer space. “Obama did the rope-a-dope all...
February 2nd, 2010 | Featured, State of the Union | Read More

Finding a new Native voice as an Independent

Finding a new Native voice as an Independent
Like millions of other Americans I watched the State of the Union address by President Barack Obama almost as a moth drawn to a flame. I saw something afoot that I haven’t read about in the words of other columnists even though it was not something I expected. Whenever the President made a point that...
February 1st, 2010 | Featured, State of the Union | Read More

EDITORIAL: Obama’s speech addressed several categories of people and communities except race and ethnicity

EDITORIAL: Obama’s speech addressed several categories of people and communities except race and ethnicity
What a long, strange year it’s been. A year that began with the loud insistence by some that Barack Obama’s election confirmed the United States as an essentially colorblind, post-racial nation went on to present a series of spectacular counterpoints to that claim – flaps over Attorney General...
January 28th, 2010 | Featured, State of the Union | Read More

Obama is black? I forgot…

Obama is black? I forgot…
I enjoyed Obama’s first State of the Union address, in large part because I like listening to our President. I like seeing our first African American President too. Though I’m not so naive as to think that it’s an indication of a post-racial society (more on that later), I do think...
January 28th, 2010 | Featured, State of the Union | Read More

Jobs focus welcome… but where do the jobs go?

Jobs focus welcome… but where do the jobs go?
The following is a statement from PolicyLink CEO Angela Glover Blackwell on President Obama’s first State of the Union address: “A recovery that merely recreates our inequitable pre-recession economy is no recovery at all. Throughout his first year and his first State of the Union address, President...
January 28th, 2010 | Featured, State of the Union | Read More

State of the Union reflections

State of the Union reflections
Read President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address here. “Last night’s speech was President Obama at his oratorical best. Powerful opening—great walk through the struggles of our nation’s history. He was Presidential and confident. He was humble, yet scolding of the politicians...
January 28th, 2010 | Featured, State of the Union | Read More

President Obama’s State of the Union Address

President Obama’s State of the Union Address
“Madame Speaker, Vice President Biden, Members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow Americans: Our Constitution declares that from time to time, the President shall give to Congress information about the state of our union. For two hundred and twenty years, our leaders have fulfilled this...
January 28th, 2010 | Featured, State of the Union | Read More
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