by Drick Boyd | Mar 16, 2008 | Uncategorized
I was troubled to learn that the Associated Press reported that Barack Obama had “denounced” remarks made by his pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Jr. and had removed Wright from his role as his spiritual advisor. According to the Associated Press, Rev. Wright made...
by Drick Boyd | Mar 15, 2008 | Uncategorized
Most people who hear my views on various issues (such as those expressed in this blog), refer to me as “liberal.” I have always bristled at being labeled with that term, just as I have refrained from using its opposite “conservative” when referring to those who...
by Drick Boyd | Mar 9, 2008 | Uncategorized
Today in church, the pastor was talking about hope, and I got to thinking about the current knock on Barack Obama’s message of hope. Hillary Clinton and John McCain attack Obama as simply having nice-sounding words with no substance. McCain and Clinton have a...
by Drick Boyd | Feb 22, 2008 | Uncategorized
I am voting for Barack Obama to be the Democratic presidential nominee and rooting for him to be the next president, and here is why: in my mind he brings me hope that as a nation we can experience true democracy. As much as President Bush and leaders in both major...
by Drick Boyd | Jan 21, 2008 | Uncategorized
In recent weeks the Democratic primary race has danced around the issues of race and gender in the close race between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. The Nevada caucuses revealed that people of color overwhelmingly voting for Obama and that women going for Hillary....
by Drick Boyd | Jan 6, 2008 | Uncategorized
The word “amnesty” appears to have become as bad a word in the Republican lexicon as the word “liberal.” Judging from the New Hampshire debate on January 5, none of the Republicans wanted to have the word “amnesty” stuck to them....
