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God made a black man President!

Where do I begin?  It was a cold, dreary day in February just before "Super Tuesday" when God revealed to me that He was going to "make a black man…

by Almeta Richards Keys

Obama: Common Bonds in Different Worlds.

Although I have never been very political or had an active interest in local or national politics, this election in the United states struck a special…

by Bala Mulloth

Family Story

My family story!-Ilya…

by Ilya Nikolayev

Get Me On the Court and I'm Trouble

I am a decidedly unemotional, analytical person, but Barack's acceptance speech made my arm hair stand up and my ears ring. Intelligent, g…

by Parker Wright

Change

It started out looking just like the photo would indicate.  We won!  W…

by Kristin Collins

Cooler heads prevail

I couldn't not be in Grant Park last night.  I didn't have a ticket to get in, but I went anyway.  And to be honest, I didn't leave the north side unt…

by Mark

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