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Archive for August 28th, 2008

28 Aug

DNC08: Barack Obama’s Acceptance Speech

“Seismic.”
“Seismic” is how the pundits described Barack Obama’s speech accepting the Democratic party’s nomination for President of the United States.

Shaken free of my cynicism is how I feel right now.
I experienced this history with Twitterfriends and my mom on Twitter. Simultaneously I was instant messaging my oldest friend, who is in all ways except biology [...]

28 Aug

Barack and a hard place: In the shadow of Dr. King

Forty five years ago today, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his “I have a dream speech” and changed America. On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, one man with a vision exposed America’s abandonment of “justice for all” and pushed basic truths into the light. Dr. King’s dream, that all people would be judged [...]