Arianna Huffington: As a senator, Barack Obama spoke eloquently of Americans deciding that "their work, their possessions, their diversions, their sheer busyness, is not enough." But the hunger for a larger purpose in public life remains unfulfilled. And the big turnout at Glenn Beck's rally on the anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech is more evidence of this unmet yearning. Beck delivered a speech noticeably devoid of partisan rhetoric -- talking instead about values and morals and God and the power of individuals to change the world. In 2006, Obama warned that if progressives didn't "reach out to evangelical Christians and other religious Americans and tell them what we stand for," others would "fill the vacuum." In 2010, the president's stepping back from his promise to call us to a higher form of civic engagement means that a vacuum has been left during this historic moment of transition in America. Click here to read more.
Republicans are running Tea Party candidates who are so far to the right you can't see Middle America from their porch. Some endangered Democrats will likely see victory in November from theirs if they understand the public mood and speak to it.
Make no mistake: what you feed your baby now will affect the rest of their lives. Babies who eat fresh fruits and vegetables grow up to be children who eat nutritiously.
Is the media to ignore a story where 70 percent of the public oppose building the center? Many blame the media for those numbers, but the fact that most didn't know about it doesn't mean they wouldn't have cared if they did.
At the end of Third World America, Ms. Huffington really got my attention with her not-so-gentle reminder that if middle-class Americans are to keep their American Dream alive, then "it's the jobs, stupid."
After Obama was elected, we wondered, would we begin to see more black elected officials? The answer, unfortunately, appears to be no. But one area in which "The Obama Effect" just might be having an affect is the world of fashion.
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