Religion or Civilization: Why Democrats should support the war in the Middle East.

In 2003, when US marines first invaded Iraq,   I looked on with familiar sadness as death and destruction were brought to me live via CNN, Fox Noise, MSNBC and others. At the time I thought the old PBS line  “This program is made possible with support from viewers like you,” should be shown as  [...]

Barack Obama’s Inauguration: Stories From The Mall

(Washington D.C.) – Today I along with a few other College Democrats joined the millions of Americans from every state stretching from the Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial. Within 5 feet were people from Florida, North Carolina, Connecticut, California, Kentucky and a multitude of other states. Even more impressive were the people from the Bahamas [...]

Obama Officially Announces Intelligence Staff

(New York) – President Elect Obama today announces his picks to lead his intelligence staff. Rertired Admiral Dennis Blair will be his Director of National Intelligence. Leon Panetta is scheduled to be his Central Intelligence Agency director.
The President Elect described both men as “public servants with unquestioned integrity, broad experience, strong management skills and the [...]

Record US Job Losses in 2008

(New York) – With unemployment at 7.6% close to 11 million Americans find themselves looking for work. This is the highest unemployment rate since January 1993. This number does not take into account the workers who have stopped looking for work or had to switch from full time to part time work.

America Loves Obama

According to a recent national poll conducted by CNN 80% of Americans approve of the way that Barack Obama is handling the birth of his administration. This is higher than any President in the last several decades. As the article notes, Barack Obama is posting higher numbers than Ronald Reagan, George Bush I, Bill Clinton, [...]

I Trust My President

Lately, there have been countless news stories talking about people complaining about the President – Elect’s choices for numerous things.
Ken Salazar, who has been selected to head the Department of the Interior, has been criticized for not being Environmentally friendly enough, Rick Warren, who has been chosen to give the invocation at Obama’s inauguration, has [...]

After Guantanamo… part 2

This is part two of a two part series on Guantanamo Bay. The first part can be found here.
Previously we answered the question about where detainees who are set free can go. Now we address the rest of the detainees….
So what about the rest of the detainees? Well most of them will face trails under [...]

After Guantanamo…

This is part one of a two part series covering the future of Guantánamo Bay.
(NEW YORK) Guantánamo Bay is a bay located in Guantánamo Province at the south-eastern end of Cuba. Most people however know the bay by the U.S. Naval base there. The land granted to the United States was granted to them in [...]

Tom Daschle named Secretary of Health and Human Services

Barack Obama nominted Tom Daschle the former Senate Majority leader to be his Secretary of Health and Human Services.
He had been serving as a national co-chair for Obama’s campaign. Daschle wrote “Critical: What We Can Do About the Health-Care Crisis.”

Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich Arrested

The Governor of Illinois Rod Balgojevich was arrested for conspiring to gain financially through his power to appoint a successor to President-Elect Obama’s cabinet post.
The FBI had court authorized wire taps which proved he was willing to sell or trade the seat in exchange for benefits.
U.S. Attorney Patrick J. Fitzgerald said in a statement that [...]