by Drick Boyd | Aug 24, 2012 | Uncategorized
Like most of the folks who voted for then-Senator Obama to become president four years ago, I was sold on the promise of “hope and change.” While I have been politically aware and involved since my college days, I rarely had found a candidate who I could believe in...
by Drick Boyd | Aug 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
Now that Governor Romney has picked Rep. Paul Ryan as his VP running mate for November’s election, the Republicans have made very clear that they are not on the side of restoring social services or redistributing wealth, but rather to serve the greed of the...
by Drick Boyd | Jul 15, 2012 | Uncategorized
In recent weeks, I have had this recurring thought: “Boy, sometimes it must suck to be a Republican.” No one reading this blog on even a sporadic basis would mistake me for a Republican, but some of my friends and perhaps half of my family are. I grew up with parents...
by Drick Boyd | Sep 24, 2010 | Uncategorized
The Republicans announced that sometime soon they will come out with their legislative agenda for the coming legislative term. I, along with a lot of other people, have come to refer to the Republicans as the “Party of NO” because up to now their strategy has been to...
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....
