Economy
To make a 'real' impact in the cultural and political space of the United States, we must demostrate our values through our choices as consumers, investors, and workers. While it is easy to point to all of the corporate corruption and exploitation, we must be proactive by making it easy for people and organizations to invest in and grow the just and sustainable economy.When will the Democrats acknowledge Dennis Kucinich?
Listening to the Democratic Presidential Debates, I've heard Howard Dean and Wesley Clark tell the others in Congress to do more now to stop the Bush Administration. Howard Dean uses carefully chosen words to misleadingly present himself as the strongest voice against the War in Iraq, while ignoring Dennis Kucinich, who not only simply "opposed" the Iraq War resolution, but actually led the US House of Representatives in clear opposition, getting126 Democrats to vote against it (while the Senate was nearly silent).
Now, given the reality of Iraq, Howard Dean and to some extent Wesley Clark have benefitted from their leadership during that time, but the real leader for America and Freedom hasn't even been acknowledged yet in the mainstream political consciousness. In a time where even Fox News criticizes Enron and Halliburton, when will the one who is speaking truthfully and powerfully for the American people over Multinational Corporations get his day in the sun?
My Meeting with an UN Ambassador
Today, completely by coincidence, at Keur N'Dey (sic), a Senegalese restaurant in an upscale part of Brooklyn, I found myself in the middle of a reception for Sierra Leone's Ambassador to the United Nations....
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