Obama's Moral Leadership Problem
Whether we are talking about respect of one nation for another, or respect of one individual for another, nothing undermines respect more than duplicity – saying one thing and acting differently.
Whether we are talking about respect of one nation for another, or respect of one individual for another, nothing undermines respect more than duplicity – saying one thing and acting differently.
An important new book has recently been published which addresses the question of global poverty, but does so by provoking the reader to also consider our own nation and demand that we better understand ourselves and the wellsprings of our own success
One potential benefit that can come from last week's March on Washington 2013, which commemorated the 1963 civil rights event, is the various data publicized about the current state of affairs of black America vis a vis the rest of the country.
Looking over the program for the coming festivities in Washington to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the civil rights march on Washington, and Dr. King's famous August 28, 1963 "I have a dream" speech, it's hard to not feel sober about the whole thing.
The purging of Grammy Award winner Donnie McClurkin from performing at a concert commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1963 civil rights March on Washington and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech should serve as yet another wakeup call to black Christians in America.
Mainstream Republican politicians are cringing at the proposal of tea party Senators – Ted Cruz (R-TX), Mike Lee (R-UT), Marco Rubio (R-FL) – that upcoming legislation to appropriate funds for operation of the federal government be held hostage on condition that Obamacare funding is withheld.
In a poll done by Gallup earlier this year, the biggest complaint lodged against the Republican Party was "inability to compromise," specially on the abortion issue.
Barack Obama went to Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois this past week to re-articulate his vision for the American economy and to re-assure the American people that, yes, he knows what he is doing.
Why, when there is no question that nothing has created more wealth and eradicated more poverty than capitalism, do left wing politicians hate it so much?
Amidst the dense fog and hot air blowing around concerning what the Republican Party should be about, which is really just a sub-heading of the bigger issue regarding what America should be about, a new voice of clarity has emerged.