Something to think about… August 20, 2007

This video was recently posted on Daily Kos and I thought it would be interesting for our readers to see it for themselves here!

More from Columbia, SC July 28, 2007

Yesterday was a very intense day in the political world. Barack Obama spoke to hundreds of College Democrats at the annual convention held here in South Carolina. Appealing to the common desire for change Obama said: “Its time for a new generation in Washington… It’s time to get past the old debates that have divided [...]

Live from Columbia, SC . . . July 26, 2007

The heat outside can’t compete with the intensity inside the Russell House on the campus of the University of South Carolina. This weekend, USC’s campus will be the center of the political world as candidates come prepared to get their messages out to the students. Pulling into campus, I immediately noticed the massive Obama posters [...]

When the Right Attacks… June 28, 2007

contributed by Nathan Lean I’m going to put myself out on a limb here–it happens from time to time when I feel a moral obligation to defend an injustice. When fear of controversy silences our desire to speak out, we have been robbed of our ability to create change. The political world took a low [...]

Youth, voting, and the Iraq war June 19, 2007

by Nathan Lean Harvard’s Institute of Politics recently reported that when it comes to the ever-chased “youth vote,” Sen. Barack Obama leads the field of Democrats along with Republican Presidential nominee Rudy Giuliani. As I read, and then re-read the report, I was struck with a strange sensation of fear and utter concern. The juxtaposition [...]

War Games: the pre-emptive punch and fair play June 4, 2007

If you love the notion of a war, if you stand to make a profit from it, your kids are gone.

Rock with Barack refines its message! May 16, 2007

As I began my usual morning activities of surfing the Obama website, watching the YouTube videos of speeches and promos for hours on end, losing track of time after having read blogs and new articles related to the Senator, and missed my afternoon classes as a result, a certain image kept coming back to my [...]

Coulter’s mouth helps no one. May 8, 2007

Submitted by Nathan Lean, Director of Rock with Barack Ann Coulter, the Republican mouthpiece and media maggot has done it again. The conservative columnist recently said that Obama’s urging poll numbers are helping Al-Qaida, proving to people with brains that extremism is not a concept limited to terrorism. “I think this is Newsweek doing more [...]

“Show Me the Funny!” The press, policy wonks, red meat and America’s need to be entertained May 1, 2007

The first post of May comes from our contributing blogger, Linda Hansen “Where’s the beef?” “All sizzle–no steak!” That’s what we’re hearing. We get it from right-wing media, from mainstream media hankering for the story they want, when they want it. Barack Obama, they say, may be trying to parlay personal qualities, outsider creds and [...]

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sects–But Were Araid to Ask April 12, 2007

Thoughts on sects by contributing blogger Linda Hansen Surge or no surge, Baghdad is burning. And there’s a reason. Sects in the city. Sunnis and Shi’ites are killing each other just for being, well, Sunnis and Shi’ites–and both sides in this civil war are killing Americans. If Dubyah had been a student of history, he’d [...]