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The Trumpet's Summons: An exploration of the momentous struggle that has raged since 1960 between Constitutionalists who wish to govern and Authoritarians who wish to rule.
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." Read More »
The long and sorry history of misogyny is replete with the insistence that the destiny of the human race is determined by each person's sex chromosomes. In part, at least, John McCain has signaled his concurrence with this sad tradition. By picking Sarah Palin, the neophyte governor of Alaska, as his running mate. Read More »
A discussion on 30 July 2008 between 10 and 11 in the morning characterized Barack Obama as presumptuous. This description has been appearing with some frequency on television commentaries since Senator Obama concluded his successful overseas tour. In this particular rendition of the seemingly never-ending story, the black commentator rejected the label. I want to assert that I, a 62 year old, white, Vietnam veteran, also reject this description. In fact, I find this to be a covert way of accusing Senator Obama of being uppity. Read More »
Senator McCain:
I am a supporter of Senator Obama; but among the contenders for the Republican Party's nomination, you are the only one of which I had any expectation of honor and civility in the Presidential election campaign. As another person who spilled American blood in Vietnamese mud, I respectfully request that you make your first and foremost demonstration of leadership beginning now and call off the smear mongers and slime merchants so that this campaign can be conducted at a level and in a tone worthy of the office for which it contends. Read More »
I am a supporter of Senator Obama; but among the contenders for the Republican Party's nomination, you are the only one of which I had any expectation of honor and civility in the Presidential election campaign. As another person who spilled American blood in Vietnamese mud, I respectfully request that you make your first and foremost demonstration of leadership beginning now and call off the smear mongers and slime merchants so that this campaign can be conducted at a level and in a tone worthy of the office for which it contends. Read More »
I was inspired as a youth by John F. Kennedy and resolved to "Ask not what my country could do for me, but what I could do for my country." Read More »
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