President John F. Kennedy’s retrospective public approval ratings have improved 27 points since the last months of his presidency. See Gallup, ” Kennedy Still Highest-Rated Modern President, Nixon Lowest ” (via Memeorandum and Weasel Zippers ). Kennedy is the reason many young people become Democrats, myself especially. President Jimmy Carter, who’s post-presidency rankings are tanking, is the reason… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : American Power Discovery Date : 16/01/2009 21:17 Number of articles : 9
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The term “Black Jesus” is not to be used loosely. Yet, talk to a majority of men and women who lived through the Civil Rights Movement and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is about as close as the title comes. The brother had his personal demons, but what he preached and what he sacrificed is Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Smoking Section Discovery Date : 04/04/2008 16:15 Number of articles : 20
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You know all those articles that purport to say what George Orwell would believe if he were alive today, in which Orwell turns out to have had a change of heart on every significant subject where the author disagrees with him? You can do that to Martin Luther King too : If Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. were alive today, would he understand why the United States is at war? Jeh C. Johnson, the Defense Department’s… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Reason Magazine – Hit & Run Discovery Date : 21/01/2008 21:17 Number of articles : 41
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Barack Obama rose to the occasion last summer with this audacious address to a crowd of more than 200,000 in Berlin. As the hours… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Huffington Post Discovery Date : 11/01/2008 21:16 Number of articles : 199
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In his “I Have a Dream” speech, MLK talked about a check given to African Americans that had bounced, a check that said “all men were created equal.” 45 years later, has the check cleared? Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Huffington Post Discovery Date : 17/10/2007 09:15 Number of articles : 50
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Apple has been having its way with Microsoft for a while now, but the one-sided televised fight for tastemaker supremacy has just gotten interesting. Microsoft,… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Huffington Post Discovery Date : 12/10/2007 03:15 Number of articles : 88
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