The Voters Voice

History was made this week. Barack Obama’s metoric rise to the Presidency has already been compared to Kennedy’s election 48 years ago. Much like Kennedy, Obama’s youth and message of hope resonated with voters between the ages of 18-25. Obama is also the first Senator elected to our nation’s highest office since Kennedy was elected […]

Admittedly, the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and West Bank isn’t really a major political news topic. Still, it is an important issue in U.S. foreign relations (as evidenced by President Bush’s increased interest in brokering a peace deal in the region - though this isn’t an unusual goal of […]

It’s the end of my first week at Kids Voting sans Anna.  I have to say it is bittersweet.  As much as I love being here at Kids Voting, I keep expecting Anna to walk through the door with her big smile, funny disposition and a plate of cookies!  Alas, I know that is not […]

What is success?  For me, success was defined by a note from my father before I took the ACT college entrance exam.   The morning of test day, I found a note among the scattered study notes and crushed pop cans on my desk.  In physician-like scrawl my father left me a life-changing message on a […]

Earlier this week Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney suspended his campaign for President - which in lamens terms means he’s out. With Romney’s exit, the GOP race essentially done, with Senator John McCain holding a clear lead with 697 pledged delegates and 17 unpledged RNC delegates, for a total of 714 delegates of the 1191 […]

Once in a blue moon, quality television programs air and I do not feel as convinced about spending time in front of the tube.  HBO is promoting a new miniseries about John Adams, which is based on the bestselling and award winning biography by David McCullough that will air from March 16 to April 27.  […]

As Congress begins it’s next session (lean more about that here), some political commentators are beginning to notice, namely Bill Amend, author of the FoxTrot comic.

On April 26, 1943, Time Magazine published an article titled “How to Become President,” and it is very amusing to me how relevant that article is still today. The Constitution requires a native born United States citizens running for President to be thirty-five years of age, but we all know there is so much […]

The Washington Post has a great article about how young people are getting more and more involved in philanthropy, largely due to the power of the internet. If you’ve got the time, it’s definitely worth a read!

I was searching the internet on the topic of democracy and its historical trends recently. I found an email that surfaced after the 2000 election and began to swarm inboxes that discussed the Scottish Historian, Lord Woodhouselee Alexander Frasier Tytler’s, research into the phases of a democracy. Several other blog such as The New Conservative […]