Dear Reader, I am filled with gratitude for your continual support. You have injected this reluctant writer a healthy does of confidence. But the time to recharge our batteries is here. For the next three weeks we will not be posting any writings. But don’t fret. We’ll be back on July 8, 2010. Meanwhile, [...]
“I voted for the lady … – I didn’t like all of the junk that the other campaigns were saying about the lady.” South Carolina voter. When an Indian-American lawmaker took on the status quo of her state, things got ugly fast. For gubernatorial hopeful, Nikki Haley, the ride to the top has been an uphill battle; [...]
The ubiquitous nature of reality, that often robs us of our childhood intrigues, can also lead us to cynicism. As adults we shun the ethereal and abstract for the physical and tangible. This journey, often undertaken to satisfy the orthodoxy of doubt, is unoriginal and stale. The limitless sphere that is faith, is supplanted for [...]
American teenagers are more technologically advanced than their parents. According to the Pew Internet and American Life Project: “Nearly three quarters (73%) of online teens and an equal number (72%) of young adults use social network sites. By contrast, older adults have not kept pace; some 40%… use social sites.” This lopsided reality has widened the chasm of miscommunication that often exist between [...]
A raging storm of seismic proportion is soon to arrive at the shores of the Republican party. Warning clouds have already gathered prematurely in anticipation. Meanwhile, unprepared right-wing partisans toil in ignorance, unaware, that their rhetoric will soon be tested. The surging disconnect between Hispanics and the Republican party has recently widened, to disproportionate levels. According to [...]
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President Obama is “the most radical president in American history” according to former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. This sentiment, expressed recently at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference (SRLC), highlights the GOP’s strategy to unseating Obama in 2012. To its adherents, the message is a galvanizing call to action; but to its opponents, it’s an exercise [...]
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