Speaking to the congregation at Apostolic Church of God in Chicago, Barack Obama gave a speech critical of absent black fathers on Father's Day. He urged the largely African American congregation: to remember their filial responsibilities and be more engaged in raising their children. Obama reminded the congregation of his…
Barack Obama has challenged Americans to rise above trite cartoonish conceptions of race. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWe7wTVbLUU[/youtube] The full text of Obama's thought-provoking and impassioned speech can be read here. Are Americans ready for a candidate who dares to challenge them? Are they ready for a candidate who speaks comfortably of the complexities…
Obama's full speech is here. What follows is a long excerpt from this October 2, 2002 speech: Saddam poses no imminent and direct threat to the United States, or to his neighbors, that the Iraqi economy is in shambles, that the Iraqi military a fraction of its former strength, and…
The "plagiarism" charge died last night. Actually, it was already dead. But maybe, just maybe, Hillary Clinton finally realizes it. During her debate with Barack Obama, when she pulled out her well-rehearsed plagiarism charge she was greeted with a bit of applause, then a shower of boos by the audience.…
This speaker's name is Randy Pausch. This video shows a farewell speech that Pausch originally gave to his students at Carnegie Mellon. This video is well worth your eleven minutes, especially if you have far more than eleven minutes to live. One of Pausch's closing lines: "If you live properly,…