Rev. Wright, the Media, and the Great Gas Tax Pander I know everyone’s really excited about Obama’s win in the Guam caucuses (don’t lie–how many of you even know where Guam is?) We’ve covered Rev. Wright pretty extensively here, and yet he just won’t seem to go away. At first he was interviewed by Bill […]
Pennsylvania primaries. You’d have thought it was a horse race, or a football game. Every TV anchor was buzzing about Hillary Clinton needing to win by at least ten points to remain viable. (in fact, according to Slate.com’s delegate counter, she would’ve needed at least 65% of the vote to stay on track to catch […]
Those other Pennsylvania primaries. In addition to the Presidential primary, on April 22nd Pennsylvania’s Democrats will make choices about primary candidates for a variety of positions, including the 5th Congressional District. The 5th District is in central PA, home to Pennsylvania State University, and is currently represented by Republican John Peterson, who is not running […]
Women and Power In 1992, Congresswoman Pat Schroeder told Wendy Kaminer, “Congresswomen aren’t powerful.” Hard to believe that that was 16 years ago. Nancy Pelosi was in Congress then. She was first elected to serve in 1987, and became Democratic Whip for one year before being chosen as the leader of the Democrats in 2002 […]
A Conversation with Obama’s Foreign Policy Team The Obama campaign is doing things a little bit differently. That’s been acknowledged over and over again. But one of those differences was a forum at the University of Pennsylvania on Thursday, April 3, with Obama’s top foreign policy advisers. Richard Danzig, the 71st Secretary of the Navy, […]
Giving a Voice to Our Veterans – Winter Soldier Iraq & Afghanistan Ever since the Bush Administration has taken office, America’s media channels have become lapdogs, seemly taking their direction from the White House press director. They have done a disservice not only to American citizens but to the world as a whole. Last weekend […]
Reverend Wright and the state of racism in Pennsylvania Much as I love to pretend that nasty things like racism and sexism don’t exist and go along happily thinking that everyone who votes does so because they genuinely agree with the policies proposed by their candidate, I know deep in my little progressive heart that […]
Colorado Legislators Reject Bill for Filmmakers Tax Incentive Colorado’s legislators need to get a grip, pun intended. I’ve attended a number of film festivals here in Colorado over the years, and my question to filmmakers has often been what they think of filmmaking climate in this state. Their answer has always been the same: Colorado […]
Yes, in the aftermath of March 4, Barack Obama got decisive wins in Wyoming and Mississippi, and loads of fur flew when Geraldine Ferraro said that Obama would not be where he is today if he were white (to which some answered, you’re right, he’d have wrapped up the nomination already), and then it was […]
March 4: Don’t Mess with Texas Yep, it’s over. John McCain clinched the Republican nomination and Mike Huckabee made a groveling concession speech. Oh, you meant the Democratic race? No such luck.
