Below you will find an eclectic collection of articles that I have found interesting and wish to share with others.  They are arranged roughly in chronological order and cover a wide spectrum of topics beginning with the Post Election Articles below.  During the election season, I created a special index for political campaign articles that I've now listed under "Archive of 2008 Political Campaign Articles" and am keeping them available for your enjoyment. At the end of the list are a variety of older articles I've collected since 1999 many of which you may find interesting, I am continually adding to the Current Articles section of the site, so check back often. 

INDEX

Post-Election Articles on a Variety of Topics

President Obama Speeches

• September 9, 2009 Speech to Joint Session of Congress on Health Insurance Reform
• February 24, 2009 First Speech to Joint Session of Congress
  
• June 4, 2009: Speech in Cairo

Archive of 2008 Political Campaign Articles

• Barack Obama's Acceptance Speech Transcript (11-4-08)
• My Wife Made Me Canvass for Obama - Here's What I Learned by Jonathan Curley (11-3-08)
• President Obama by George Mitrovich (10-31-08)
• A Makeover With an Ugly Gloss by Maureen Dowd (10-27-08)
• Well, Barack, It's Kinda Like This by Nance Greggs (10--26-08)
• DOJ Targets ACORN But Ignores GOP Voter Suppression by Steven Rosenveld (10-23-08)
• Obama-McCain:  What If the Facts Were Switched Around
• McCain Employing GOP Operative Accused of Voter Registration Fraud by Sam Stein (10-20-08)
• Rivals Split, With Joe in the Middle by Alessandra Stanley (10-16-08)
• Put McCain Out of His Misery by Robert Shrum (10-15-08)
• The "Joe the Plumber" Debate by Joseph A. Palermo (10-15-08)
• Body Politics: Sarah Palin's Body Language by Kathlyn and Gay Hendricks (10-10-08)
• Obama's Voter Registration Explosion by Ari Melber (10-10-08)
• Obama Will Be One of the Greatest (and Most Loved) American Presidents by Frank Schaeffer
• Obama, McCain Transition Efforts Are Worlds Apart by Sam Stein
• Obama Talks Lipstick & McCain by Peter Slevin (with video) (9-10-08)
• McCain's Hero Petraeus: "I Do Think You Have To Talk to Enemies" by Greg Sargent (10-9-08)
• McCain Takes His Party Prisoner by Leslie Savan (with video) (10-8-08)
• Winner of Debate II? "That One" by Arianna Huffington (10-8-08)
• Ouch! McCain's Housing Solution is a Gift from Taxpayers to Banks by Bernstein & Sperling (10-8-08)
• Obama's Links to Ex-Radical Examined by David Schaper for NPR (10-8-08)
• Politics of Attack New York Times Editorial (10-8-08)
• McCain at Debate: Middle Class? What Middle Class? by Seth D. Michaels (10-8-08)
• The Choice by the Editors of the New Yorker (publish date 10-13-08)
• This Debate's Biggest Loser by Richard Cohen (10-7-08)
• Unleashed, Palin Makes a Pit Bull Look Tame by Dana Milbank (10-7-08)
• Sarah's Pompom Palaver by Maureen Dowd (10-5-08)
• Who You Callin' a Maverick by John Schwartz (10-5-08)
• Meet the McCain Team (excerpt from article by Elliot Cohen)  Original article at: www.truthdig.com
• Pitbull Palin Mauls McCain by Frank Rich (10-5-08)
• Why Barack is Winning And Why McCain's Cynicism is Losing by Jed Lewison (10-4-08)
• Palin's Alternate Universe by Bob Herbert (10-3-08)
• McCain's Tax Returns Hide Gambling by Tax Attorney Martha Miller (10-3-08)
• Here's How to Fix the Wall Street Mess by Michael Moore (10-1-08)
• Congratulations Corporate Crime Fighters by Michael Moore (9-30-08)
• Calm, Methodical Obama vs. Angry, Ungracious McCain by Amb. Richard Holbrooke (9-29-08)
• The 3 A.M. Call by Paul Krugman (9-28-08)
• The Obama Relationship: A Major Benefit Nobody's Talking About by Kathlyn & Gay Hendricks (9-29-08)
• Aaron Sorkin Conjures a Meeting of Obama & Bartlet by Maureen Dowd (9/21/08)
• The Unbearable Lightness of Election 2008 by Katrina vanden Heuvel of The Nation (9/16/08)
• The Ugly New McCain by Richard Cohen (9/16/08)
• Why the Financial Meltdown Reflect the Fundamental Failrue of Bush-McCain Economic Philosophy by Robert Creamer (9-16-08)
• The Palin Doctrine by Arianna Huffington (9/15/08)
• Stopping at Nothing to Win by David Ignatius (9/14/08)
• The Palin-Whatshisname Ticket by Frank Rich (9/14/08)
• Not that Stupid - Erica Jong's Dear John Letter (9/13/08)
• McCain Crowds Dwindle Without Palin by Jennifer Loven of AP (9/12/08)
• Palin's Dangerous Saber Rattling on Russia by Ilan Goldberg (9/12/08)
• The 11th Day of the 9th Month by Rafael Jesús González (9/11/08)
• Drill, Drill, Drill by Eve Ensler (9/10/08)
• Out of Bounds! McCain Misstates Obama Sex-ed Record by Margaret Talev (9/9/08)
• Sarah Palin: A Trojan Moose by Arianna Huffington (9-8-08)
• Iron Jawed Angels and Why Women Should Vote by Carol Hansen Grey (9/7/08)
• Palin and McCain's Shotgun Marriage by Frank Rich (NY Time Editorial - 9-7-08)
• Running from Reality by Bob Herbert (NY Times Editorial - 9-6-08)
• The Resentment Strategy by Paul Krugman (9-5-08)
• On Bragging War Heros by M. J. Rosenberg (9-5-08)
• Palin:  Wrong Woman, Wrong Message by Gloria Steinem (9-4-08)
• Obama and the Palin Effect by Deepak Chopra (9-4-08)
• Just Any Woman Won't Do by Ertharin Cousin (9-2-08)
• The Palin Choice by George Lakoff (9-1-08)
• McCain's Finger Should Not Be Near the Red Button by former POW Phillip Butler (8-21-08)
• McCain's Out of Control Anger: Does He have the Temperament to be President? by Ronald Kessler (7/6/06)
• Hillary Clinton Doesn't Listen to Economists by Robert Reich (5/4/08)
• I Was There--What Obama Really Said About Pennsylvania by David Coleman (4/14/08)
• Obama Questions Crocker and Petraeus (April 8, 2008)
• Thanks, Obama, for Giving Us "It" Back by Mark Morford (April 4, 2008)
• Progressives for Obama by Tom Hayden, et. al (March 24, 2008)
• The World Beyond Iraq by Barack Obama (March 19, 2008)
• Spirit and Stardust by Rep. Dennis Kucinich (posted March 18, 2008)
• Obama International Women's Day Statement (March 8, 2008)
• Obama and the Question of Public Engagement by Tom Atlee (March 7, 2008)
• Obama-Clinton Record Compared compiled by Cynda Jones (Feb. 14, 2008)
• Hillary, Will You Renouce Your Ties to Monsanto? by Linn Cohen-Cole (Feb. 2, 2008)
• My Journey to Obama by Marianne Williamson (Jan. 14, 2008)

Older Articles on a Variety of Topics

• Exposed: The Great GM Crop Myth by Geoffrey Lean (4/20/08)
• Where Have All the Leaders Gone by Lee Iacocca (excerpt from paperback - April 2008)
• Health Care Excuses by Paul Krugman (Nov. 9, 2007)
• We Won't Take It Anymore, Address by Salt Lake City Mayor Ross Anderson (Oct. 27,2007)
• Columbus Day by Rafael Jesús González (Oct. 12, 2007)
• Conservatives Are Such Jokers by Paul Krugman (Oct. 4, 2007)
• A Coup Has Occurred by Daniel Ellsberg (Sept. 26, 2007)
• Iraq War Veteran Reflects on Sept. 15 March by Michael Prysner (Sept. 28, 2007)
• Barack Obama's Speech on the Iraq War (September 12, 2007)
• Unauthorized Immigration by Granny "D" (June 9, 2007)
• Mother's Day for Peace by Ruth Rosen (May 10, 2007)
• Buying the War in Iraq by Bill Moyers (April 25, 2007)
• Regrets Only by Katha Pollitt (May 14, 2007 Issue of The Nation)
• Politician Uncovers Peace Plot by Lisa Earle McLeod (Nov. 3, 2006)
• Working for Peace in a Time of Violence by Sharif Abdullah (August 16, 2006)
• While the Bombs Fall by Starhawk (August 10, 2006)
• THO'OPONOPONO by Joe Vitale (July 26, 2006)
• San Franciscophobia by Garrison Keillor (June 7, 2006)
• Administration's Tin Ear on the Middle East is Making America Less Safe
  by Senator Barbara Boxer (2/15/06)
• Vonnegut's Blues for America (2/6/06)
• After the War by Howard Zinn (1/3/06)
• The Constitution in Crisis by Congressman John Conyers (12-21-05)
• Open Letter on Bush's Use of Illegal Wiretaps by Sen. Barbara Boxer (12/21/05)
• Senate Rejects Arctic Drilling (12/21/05)
• President Bush Fails to Confront the Truth by Sen. Barbara Boxer (11-30-05)
• Day of Mouring by Leonard Peltier (11-27-05)
• Permanent Occupation by Rep. Barbara Lee (9-29-05)
• Post Katrina Era by George Lakoff (9-6-05)
• If You Really Want to Help the People of New Orleans by Mary Robinson Reynolds (9/1/05)
• Special Code to Bless Water by Nicole La Voie (August 15, 2005)
• A Place Where Women Rule by Emily Wax of the Washington Post (July 9, 2005)
• Deadly Immunity by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (June 15, 2005)
• Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish by Steve Jobs (June 2005)
• Diebold Optical Scan Voting System Hacked (3 ways) by Black Box Voting (5/31/05)
• I Am for a Memorial Day Which Truly Remembers by Penny McManigal (5/30/05)
• Take Back Public Broadcasting by Bill Moyers (5/15/05)
• Out-Conserving the NeoCons by Gene Messick (3/29/05)
• I'd Rather Not Say Good-bye, Dan by Greg Palast (3-9-05)
• Count Every Vote Act of 2005 by Senator Barbara Boxer (3-8-05)
• When Democracy Failed by Thom Hartmann (published in CommonDreams.org Feb. 22, 2005)
• The Social Security Debate: An Open Letter by Congressman Sam Farr (2/22/05)
• The Second American Revolution: A letter to Dr. Howard Dean from Joel Herschhorn (2-13-05)
• Peace of Mind vs. a Gamble: The Social Security Debate by Senator Barbara Boxer (2/11/05)
• Why Shop Blue? by Gene Messick (2/9/05)
• Feminism: Alive and Well by Kim Gandy, President of NOW (2/4/05)
• Strategies to End this War and Occupation, Transcript of Speech by Ralph Nader (1/28/05)
• Inaugural Ball: Dancing with Wolves, by Susan Lenfestey (Jan. 20, 2005)
• The Rice Tally and Senator Boxer's Letter (1/26/05)
• Senator Byrd's Remarks on Rice Confirmation (1-25-05)
• Senator Boxer's Testimony at Rice Confirmation Hearing (1/18/05)
• Curry Spice May Fight Alzheimer's by K. M. Stacy (1/5/05)
• Senator Barbara Boxer's Official Statement in Objection to Certification
          of Ohio's Electoral Votes (1/6/05)
• Senator Barbara Boxer's Letter to Rep. Tubbs Jones (1/6/05)
• The Social Security Problem Scam by Josh Marshall (1/2/05)
• What Do Trees Have To Do With Peace by Denise Roy (December 2004)
• Fascism Anyone? by Lawrence W. Britt as published in the Free Inquiry (Dec. 2004)
• A Note on the Presidential Election in Ohio by Congressman Dennis Kucinich (Nov. 10, 2004)
• Apologia After the National Election by Rafael Jesús González (Nov. 10, 2004)
• The Ultimate Felony Against Democracy by Thom Hartmann (Nov. 4, 2004)
• Moving Forward with Resolve by Rep. Dennis Kucinich (Nov. 4, 2004)
• 100 Facts: The Non-Arguable Case Against the Bush Administration by Judd Legum
  (Oct. 20, 2004)
• The Unfeeling President by E. L. Doctorow (9/9/04)
• New Poll: Half of New Yorkers Believe US Leaders Had Foreknowledge of Impending 911 Attacks and Consciously Failed to Act - Call for new investigation  (Aug. 30, 2004)
• Chords for Change by Bruce Springsteen (Aug. 5, 2004)
• An Open Letter of Conscience and Choice by Robert Rabbin, et. al. (Aug. 15 , 2004)
• Bush Resume (to be considered before casting your vote)
• Our Founding Fathers and the Unbalance of Power (by Al Gore, June 24, 2004)
• This is the Fight of Our Lives (Keynote address by Bill Moyers at Inquality Matters, June 3, 2004)
• There is No Order of Difficulty in Miracles (email from Marianne Williamson, May 2004)
• Steps Towards Achieving One's Grand Plan (Jean Houston and Peggy Rubin, 2004)
• Transcript of Remarks by Al Gore (May 26, 2004)
• A Visit from the FBI by Scott Granneman (January 21, 2004)
• The Reason Why by George McGovern published in The Nation (April 21, 2003)
• Disturbing Times, But We Must Not Be Disturbed by Doris "Granny D" Haddock (3/8/03)
• The New Paradigm of Partnership by Diane Kennedy Pike (February 1999)