“Every eye fixed itself upon him
with parted lips and bated breath
the audience hung upon his words
taking no note of time
rapt in the ghastly fascinations of the tale”
-Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer

And now we wait.
All of them, all of us,
to see if it is possible.
To see the dream realized,
or the believers made fools of.
For the celebration,
the disappointment,
the [...]

Where were you the day the world changed?
Will you remember where you were when you heard that the United States had elected the first black president?
I will tell my children about the night I sat with three friends in a living room in Florida. There were dots on the walls and ceilings and a [...]

The press is not impressed. They are not giddy with anticipation or soaking up their surroundings in big, huge gulps. Maybe you get used to having this kind of access to the world.
But I, well, I am beyond impressed. I am in awe.
I am 50 yards from the podium. With a [...]

After Tuesday’s presidential debate, the pundits weighed in and the facts were checked. Most “experts” declared Obama the winner, but only marginally so. None of this of course means anything in the face of the looming election date.
What everyone really wants to know is what did the undecided voters think? Did they hear [...]

I’m going to do something tonight that scares the hell out of me.
Tonight, instead of a happy hour after work or a movie night with the family, I will be packing up a store bought pot luck offering and heading to the home of a complete stranger. I will sit with other strangers and [...]

Dear Undecided Voters,
The presidential election is less than 60 days away, and yet the chief complaint I hear from you is “no one has told me what they’re going to do.  Everyone talks about change and no one tells me how they’re going to bring change“.
My friends, to you I say, bullshit.
Perhaps what you mean [...]