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...save the world. But he’s going to inspire each of us to do as much as we can. Perhaps Nelson Mandela put it best in his own letter to the President-elect. The world’s secular saint pointed to Obama’s personal narrative as proof that “no person anywhere in the world should not dare to dream of wanting to change the world for a better place.” As President of the United States of America, and as nominal leader of the free world, Barack Obama will spearhead...
...their opponents’ character, Republicans must adapt conservatism to the needs of the day. Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, for example, is tackling education and healthcare with proposals to increase school vouchers and transparency in health care costs. Jindal is a future Republican leader, but he is only one person. The dearth of young leaders is probably the most pressing problem the Republican Party faces...
Toni Morrison once said that Bill Clinton was “Blacker than any actual Black person who could ever be elected in our children’s lifetime.” She was wrong. As state after state moved into the Democratic column last night, hope crystallized into a reality: Barack Hussein Obama will be the 44th President of the United States of America. This is a monumental step forward for our politics and our country. For 232 years, our founding fathers’ promise of liberty and equality for all has rung hollow for a large segment...
Colorado voters on Tuesday rejected Amendment 48, which would have defined a "person" from the point of egg fertilization. If the measure had passed, Colorado would have become the first state to grant full constitutional rights to a fertilized egg. The potentially far-reaching ramifications of such a decision divided the anti-abortion community, and the amendment lost endorsements from prominent activists who felt the personhood definition went too far. The amendment was defeated nearly...
...deemed an "idiot or insane." For more than a decade advocates have sought to eliminate the outdated and offensive language from the state's 151-year-old constitution. Under the new measure, the constitution will now classify someone as ineligible to vote if he or she is "a person adjudged mentally incompetent...