Just over three months ago the American people elected Barack Obama as our president because we believed he was uniquely equipped with the vision to lead in this time of economic and global crisis.  America –  let Obama lead.  Our government can and will do good things for the American people if we support the stimulus package presented…

My post God Damn Wall Street stirred up quite a response.  One reader named T wrote: “It’s those on Wall Street who are saying “God damn to everyone else, I’m making sure I’m taken care of because it’s going to get worse before it gets better.” Don’t underestimate Wall Street. They’re not clueless; they know…

Obama signed legislation expanding the State Children’s Health Insurance Program today that will provide health care coverage for the 9 million uninsured American children.  A faith based community organization coalition called PICO National Network gets much of the credit for moving beyond partisanship and getting this passed.   This afternoon two clergy members and two families from the PICO Network will…

Mark Johnson is the Executive Director of The Fellowship of Reconciliation These are difficult times in which to discern the truth, to know what to believe. The language has shifted, the rhetoric softened; but behavior, actions are still troubling. President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton send an envoy to the Middle East “to listen.”  A drone…

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