Editor’s note: BLAST officially endorsed Senator Barack Obama Jan. 10 as the Democratic candidate for president.
It was a tale of three speeches. On the night when the Democrats finally had their nominee, the two general election candidates — and the one just vanquished – all gave speeches laying claim to the title of Best Equipped to [...]
With oil consumption and pollution levels reaching unthinkable heights, it’s time to take a serious look at what can be done to save our planet, and fast.
Senator Edward M. Kennedy was hospitalized Saturday morning after suffering apparent seizures, CNN and the Boston Globe are reporting.
It was originally thought that Kennedy may have suffered a stroke, but that appears not to be true.
Sources say that Kennedy was spending time at the family compound in Hyannisport when he fell ill shortly before 8:30 [...]
Immigration has become a “hot button” issue, but often for the wrong reasons, reports the May/June 2008 issue of E - The Environmental Magazine (now posted at: www.emagazine.com). What’s missing is frank discussion of its impact on overall population growth and on the environment - and on how to address its fundamental causes.
Largely because of [...]
Indecision 2008 Continues as Senator John McCain — the certain Republican presidential nominee — faces John Stewart on “The Daily Show” Wednesday at 11 p.m.
This is McCain’s 13th time on the comedy news program. He also appeared April 24, 2007, the night he announced he would be running for president.
Each episode of “The Daily Show [...]
Howard Dean, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, gave the Democratic radio address to the nation this week. He used it to come out strongly against Senator John McCain, the presumed Republican presidential candidate.
“Citing Senator John McCain’s belief that the country is better off, when more than a quarter of a million jobs have been [...]
In Newsweek this week, the number of surrogate mothers is on the rise in the United States. Controversy and negative stereotypes do not deter many women from helping others and themselves [...]
Don’t miss Micah Warren’s commentary on Barack Obama on our Off the Record blog!
From the post: “First of all, I’m white. And I just do not get all the fuss at all. I’m hearing all of these people calling in and writing about minorities get free passes and this and that. I judge racial comments [...]
In the “old days” a bunch of states held their primaries this week. This year, only Texas, Ohio, Vermont and Rhode Island maintained their traditional dates in yesterday’s “not-so-Super-Tuesday.”
Barack Obama finished the night with one win, a disappointment to that camp as Hillary Clinton was expected by many to end her campaign if she suffered losses in Ohio [...]
Former Massachusetts Governor, Republican Mitt Romney will suspend his campaign, effectively ending his run for president.
“I must now stand aside, for our party and our country,” Romney said during a speech in Washington Thursday.
The move means Senator John McCain has all but won the nomination.
Romney suffered a string of embarrassing third place defeats in the [...]
WASHINGTON — Senator John McCain, in a tight race, has won the all-or-nothing Republican primary in Florida.
Over the past few weeks, since his victories in both South Carolina and in New Hampshire, McCain has begun to emerge as something of a steamroller. Depending on how he fares on February 5, in what is as close to a national primary as possible, [..]
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