BAD NEWS AT THE END OF A DOOMED MISTAKE OF A PRESIDENCY…
ISRAEL IS STILL BURNING, WHAT PALESTINIANS?…GAS UP NOW
…BUSINESS AS USUAL IN CHICAGO…RUSSIA STILL WANTS AMERICA TO CRUMBLE…GOOD LUCK BARACK…
The past year of our absent lord, Two Thousand and Eight, in this sliding American landscape will forever stand as a period of upheaval and an [...]
As a third generation Cuban American, I have mixed emotions on the Cuban Revolution. To see the footage of Fidel Castro parading through the streets of Havana with overwhelming approval on January 1, 1959, is bittersweet. I suspect I, like many Cuban Americans, have a love/hate relationship with Castro and his Revolution.
On one side, I [...]
Not living in the States has been a great antidote for election fever. I woke up and went to work today as I would any other day and found that I was actually the least interested in the results. My coworkers greeted me not with “Good morning!” or “How are you feeling?” (I had been [...]
Just finished the first day of canvassing for Barack and wish I’d started sooner. Worked with a three-person team on several blocks in the area of 30th and Juneau, 30th and Vliet. About 60 percent black, on some blocks literally every house had an Obama sign. Even in the drizzle it was too easy. I [...]
Since Barack Obama came into the political picture, he has reminded me of somebody I looked up to when I was a kid. For a while, I thought he was a combination of Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy, both sadly and momentously taken away when I eight. But, after more reflection and memory digging, [...]
