On November 6th, I will enthusiastically cast my vote to reelect Barack Obama as President of the United States. I will do so without hesitation despite the disappointment that I and many in my community feel with the lack of change or progress made (...)
YOU are reading this just hours before the conclusion of the longest and costliest campaign in American history. Every national poll shows Democratic candidate Barack Obama with a comfortable lead, as do polls in most key battleground states the (...)
It was a brief episode in what has been a long and grueling campaign, but it spoke volumes about an issue that has been percolating since this election began.
On Oct. 10, in Lakeview Minneapolis, at a rather raucous town meeting hosted by (...)
WATCHING the Democratic contest for the presidency unfold over the past several weeks brings to mind a scene I saw play out almost two decades ago.
It was in the lead up to a hotly contested governor's race in New York, and I was in the lounge at (...)
AS some of you may know, I appear weekly on “Viewpoint,” a live call-in television program on Abu Dhabi TV. I have been doing “Viewpoint” since 2001, and before that hosted “A Capital View” on MBC. Because this week, I will host my 600th show (...)
IN bravely and comprehensively addressing the issue of race in America, its history and its persistent and corrosive impact on our society and politics, Barack Obama demonstrated uncommon leadership.
In recent weeks, the Democratic contest had (...)
U.S. media attention has been focused for days now on former Congresswoman Geraldine Ferraro's racially divisive remarks about Senator Barack Obama's candidacy for president. On at least three occasions Ferraro has been quoted saying, “If Obama was (...)
SENATOR Hillary Rodham Clinton may have won three of four primaries last Tuesday, gaining needed momentum for her flagging campaign, but in the end the cost of these wins may prove too high.
First and foremost, is the fact that, despite the (...)