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David Broder on the 1968 DNC – video

This writer is grateful for the Washington Post. Aside from their politics, they perform a great public service by offering one of the finest web sites and allowing folks like me to share in their quest for understanding. David Broder is a professional journalist who has been around a long time. This writer has been […]

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Michelle Obama’s DNC Speech

This is truly a lady of first class stature. This is a person who did not seek public attention – it has been thrust upon her by a successful husband. Mrs. Obama has risen to the occasion. She demonstrates an eloquence missing from the First Lady ranks since Jackie Kennedy. Here she is at the […]

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Will Rogers on War

`I don’t care how little your country is, you got a right to run it like you want to. When the big nations quit meddling then the world will have peace.’ `People talk peace. But men give their life’s work to war. It won’t stop ’til there is as much brains and scientific study put […]

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A Season for Hope – Ted Kennedy

This writer grew up watching the Kennedy family. We watched and followed John F. Kennedy and Robert Kennedy. We cried with the nation when those great men were assassinated. We were saddened when Senator Ted Kennedy seemed to fail the legacy. But Ted Kennedy is a man who demonstrates that there is salvation in America. […]

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Michelle Obama for First Lady

Glamorous, intelligent, kind, good judgment, well spoken, great parent, good taste in men – what is not to like about this lady? She is speaking tonight at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. Many people do not know or understand the power of this great lady – a lady this writer would be proud […]

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