by Drick Boyd | Dec 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
Last year when Barack Obama was running for president the overriding theme was Hope. He had even written a book called The Audacity of Hope that outlined his vision for the United States. Many if not most the people who voted for him saw his election in almost...
by Drick Boyd | Sep 19, 2009 | Uncategorized
Former President Jimmy Carter raised a lot of hackles this week when he suggested that much of the intense opposition to Pres. Obama and his health care plan is racist in nature. He noted that as a Southerner, he can sense the “belief among a large number of white...
by Drick Boyd | Apr 8, 2009 | Uncategorized
[With apologies to all my vegetarian friends, please forgive the overabundance of meaty metaphors in this piece.] In the interest of trying to see all sides of current issues, I often will read The Bulletin on my train ride into the city. The Bulletin is an...
by Drick Boyd | Jan 31, 2009 | Uncategorized
Recently I heard a PBS interview with Matt Miller, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress about his new book The Tyranny of Dead Ideas. In this book Miller focuses on ways Americans think about economic issues that have become outmoded and even...
by Drick Boyd | Dec 27, 2008 | Uncategorized
For many people, the beginning of a new year is a time of reflection and prognostication. We look back on the year that has passed and note the highs and lows, & the good, the bad and the disappointing. Then we look ahead to the new year. Some of us even make...
