Positive Universe Abstracts

Huffington Post

Pamela Gerloff

“Most men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most pick themselves up and continue as if nothing happened.” — Winston Churchill

Churchill’s words about the human propensity to ignore the truth that is right in front of us reminds me of the mainstream media’s response to Senator Obama’s speech on race. The speech was [...]

African Path, MN

March 15, 2008

First, I must say something that Barack Obama can not say because he is running for President of the United States of America. I will say the entire truth. Politicians in America can’t be completely honest because it is the job of a politician to comfort the feelings of the majority [...]

Harvard Independent

By KAREN NAREFSKY | 3/13/08

This year, a small but passionate group of students comprising the Harvard Anti-War Coalition has been meeting weekly to express and direct our anger about our country’s military presence in Iraq. We are outraged not only by the fact that out government has spent the past five years embroiled in [...]

Kankakee Daily Journal, IL

By Congressman Jesse L. Jackson Jr. Obama national co-chairman

At her campaign celebration (March 4) in Ohio, Hillary Clinton raised the specter of a nasty, divisive fight at the Democratic National Convention, claiming that she should be the party’s nominee based on her big state victories, rather than on the pledged-delegate count. It was [...]

CNN

By Ruben Navarrette Jr. Special to CNN

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Neither Bill nor Hillary Clinton has done much for Latinos in their public careers, and most of the support they enjoy from that community comes from brand loyalty — the same thing that keeps Latinos coming back to one kind of laundry detergent keeps them coming back to the Clinton [...]

On Faith, DC

SUSAN JACOBY Author and reporter

Apart from obligatory allusions to the God who has blessed America (mazel tov, Irving Berlin, your royalties are still rolling in) and a general tendency to be photographed making speeches in churches whenever possible, I do not think that faith has played a large and explicit role in the Democratic [...]

Hawaii Reporter, HI

By U.S. Rep. Neil Abercrombie, D-Hawaii

I first met Senator Barack Obama’s father at the Manoa Campus soon after my arrival there following statehood in 1959. Barack, Senior had just arrived from a newly independent nation— Kenya. Everyone was drawn to his dynamic, energetic manner. His intellect was as brilliant as his smile; his [...]