The Pennsylvania primary has come and gone; now it’s Indiana’s turn. I don’t have much say in the matter, but here is a list of things I’d like not to be subjected to anymore, regardless of the outcomes of the

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Three weeks ago today Senator Barack Obama made his speech on race. Since then I’ve thought long and hard about what he said; and I’ve also listened to the opinionators, spin doctors, and talking heads dissect every sentence.

Many of

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Much has been made about Senator Hillary Clinton’s efforts to find her “voice” in the current campaign to be her party’s presidential candidate. First, there was the sentimental Hillary who teared up in New Hampshire. This was the point where

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Today is Primary Day in Ohio, Rhode Island, Texas, and Vermont. And what I’ve noticed lately is that the media has become a third party to the campaigning. I don’t mean in the regular sense that reporters have been sharing

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I watched last night’s debate between Democratic candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, and then I watched the analysis that followed.

I did like that the debate didn’t really take any truly nasty turns. Real debate is based on

 … finish reading Changing My Mind in Austin

I’m a writer. So it’s only logical that I support the notion that words count, that they mean something. And when political candidates make statements about staying in Iraq for one hundred years or withdrawing troops in sixty days or

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Mitt Romney has quit the race; in doing so, he changes the entire game. Now the Republicans will begin getting in line behind their presumed presidential nominee, Senator John McCain of Arizona, while the Democrats continue to jockey for delegates.

 … finish reading Super Tuesday Plus Two

I normally don’t let the outside world into my bedroom early in the morning, but today was an exception. I didn’t stay up last night to see every state’s results in the massive primary event, and I was interested in

 … finish reading Super Tuesday Plus One