January 20th, 2009, is certainly one of the biggest days in American history and the history of the world. All the credit goes to the American people. Once again, America has shown to the world that democracy works.
Today is not a day of victory of Blacks against Whites, but a day of justice and equality. [...]

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The Israelis and Hamas have agreed on a cease-fire after three weeks of violent struggle. I am not sure if Israel has achieved its goal: destroy all the tunnels that Hamas uses to smuggle weapons from Egypt and stop the firing of rockets in southern Israel.
I am not a psychic, but I can predict that [...]

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Appearing at the primary public entrance to the pre-Inaugural concert at the Lincoln Memorial, representatives from a group calling itself “Brother Ruben and the Official Street Preachers” protested openly-gay Episcopal Gene Robinson’s participation in the event. As the Ashanti of Ghana say,” Fire and gunpowder do not sleep together.”

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In spite of the calls from the international community to end the hostilities between the Israeli troops and Hamas, the Israeli government seems very determined to punish and destroy the Palestinian extremist group. There have been a lot of escalations between the two belligerent parties in the past, but this war is certainly the most [...]

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Mr Chesley Burnett “Sully” Sullenberger III is a hero. As the Douala of Cameroon say, “There are three friends in this world: Courage, sense, and insight.”
 
 

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The Rev. Gene Robinson, a gay Episcopal bishop, will say a prayer at an inaugural event at the Lincoln Monument on Sunday, a gay and lesbian marching band will take its place in the official presidential parade, and a slew of gay parties and inaugural balls will be held in the nation’s capital before and [...]

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Iranian protesters burned Obama’s picture and the flags of American and Israel, to show their solidarity with the people of Gaza and Hamas. This behavior is not surprising. It is the culture in the Middle East. Iran supports anything anti-American and anti-Jewish. This kind of behavior also sends a message to the new American administration [...]

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Episcopal Bishop V. Gene Robinson, an openly gay man, will be praying for Obama on Sunday at an inaugural event. I remember weeks ago when the Obama transition team announced the choice of the evangelical pastor Rick Warren, an anti-gay man, to deliver the main invocation. That choice was seen as a slap [...]

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Representative John Conyers has written a letter to colleagues, urging them to join him in publicly opposing the nomination of Dr Sanjay Gupta for Surgeon General. After winning the presidential election, Barack Obama has already faced some criticism from his colleagues for his choices in his cabinet. John Conyers is one of the [...]

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