In 2008, history was made in the United States. For the first time, a black man was elected president of the United States (and in the primaries he fought Hillary Rodham Clinton, a woman, and Bill Richardson, a Latino). Not only was Barack Hussein Obama...
UPI Photo/Pat Benic http://www.upi.com/enl-win/8d6438ba1369f823a62694dee5795fb9/ After getting my learner’s driving permit at 16, the next age-related milestone I was looking forward to was being able to vote. Two years later I was finally able to cast a ballot,...
Politics have always been a theme in my life. Born a month after Nixon left the White House, I wanted, like many American girls born in the mid 1970s, to be the 1st woman president. Although I had an unhealthy sense of personal responsibility in global affairs,...