Can We Really?

Three years ago, around 11pm Eastern time, the news went out around the world that Barack Obama had won the 2008 U.S. Presidential election and had become the first African-American president of this country. Three years later… Obama is still president, gearing up for his 2012 re-election campaign – a campaign that might have seemed [...]

Bartlet for America

Happy Pre-Election Day! So what if it’s only midterm elections? We can still root for President Bartlet! (awkward silence) Oh, right. He’s fictional. Well, that’s never stopped me before. In honor of tomorrow’s midterm elections, I thought I’d sing the praises of a few of my favorite political things. Fair warning, though: I’m a liberal. [...]

With Great Power, Comes Great Responsibility

Last week, the voters of Massachusetts – my adopted home state – decided to elect a Republican senator. Needless to say, this is not the outcome I was hoping for. I figured if I waited a few days to write about it, cooler heads (namely, mine) would prevail, but there’s still quite a bit about [...]