There’s Something (Wrong) About Hillary
As recently as this past Saturday, while working the Obama visibility event in Union Square, I said to several people that I thought one of the best things about this election is that we have three viable Democratic candidates who have a legitimate shot at winning the Presidency in November. Barack Obama, obviously, is my first
Obama Visibility in Union Square
I attended my first “visibility” event for Barack Obama yesterday, in Union Square, right in the midst of the Greenmarket, a perfect location to both be seen by and talk to a pretty diverse range of New Yorkers. There were approx. 20 of us spread throughout the Market, armed with “Obama ’08” signs and, with the deadline
Carbon Offsets Not Just an Indulgence
Even though I self-identify as a progressive and/or liberal — and definitely am on specific hot-button issues like same-sex marriage and abortion — overall I’m probably much more of a moderate, and when it comes to environmental issues, while I enjoyed Happy Feet and every one of Carl Hiaasen’s novels, my opinion on them has generally mirrored my concerns about cancer when I was a regular smoker:
Borders’ Open-Door Poetry
Borders — partnering with The Student Publishing Program, one of the top high school writing programs in the country — has launched an interesting new online program promoting poetry called Open-Door Poetry: “Open-Door Poetry” is for anyone who has ever wanted to communicate to others in some way while opening the door for viewers to
The Problem With John McCain
I said elsewhere recently that I thought John McCain would be the least likely Republican candidate to make a Freudian slip and drop a racial epithet if running against Barack Obama. I’d forgotten about his reference to “gooks” during the 2000 presidential primaries, though. And then, during last night’s Republican debate on Fox — one
Calm down, people (Part II)
One of the must-read blogs for coverage of the primaries is Talking Point Memo’s Election Central, and they’ve just posted the text of an Obama campaign memo noting the strong fundraising over the first 8 days of the new year — more than $8 million plus 35,000 new donors, which includes me and my now $100 in donations
Calm down, people
“In the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope!” — Barack Obama Anyone falling for the media spin that Hillary Clinton’s victory last night in New Hampshire was an upset (or even a comeback) is suffering from a seriously short attention span. She was leading pretty comfortably there before Iowa and
Spindle State of Mind
It’s kind of hard to believe it’s 2008 already and that Spindle‘s official launch is less than 36 hours away! I spent a lot of time this weekend preparing the content for Tuesday’s update, sending off the last of a handful of acceptances and rejections, the latter of which have gotten no easier since the first one
I Believe, and I’m All In
Barack Obama pulled off something special last night with his impressive victory in the Iowa caucuses, and while I’m always reluctant to declare “history in the making” while still in the moment, it’s hard not to get caught up in the glorious potential of that moment. This moment. “Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can
Accepted: Gnome
This just in: Guy: I will accept “Change of Direction” for the next issue of Gnome (http://gnome.asteriusonline.com ) best for the new year, JCE Since I submitted this back in November, I’ll count this as partial credit towards my 2008 goal of having three poems published (or accepted) by the end of December! Yay me!