Presidential Election on Shine

And You Thought Your Local News Was Bad

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<img alt="" src="http://a323.yahoofs.com/phugc/kWlAa4rUWWHj/photos/b048506858080ad036ece4b53c1954b9/ori_7847030a0cd8cc.jpg?ug_____DcSPIwim2" align="left" height="135" width="240">One of my favorite pastimes is making fun of our local newscasts. This being L.A., most of them are not known for...

And You Thought Your Local News Was Bad

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<img alt="" src="http://a323.yahoofs.com/phugc/kWlAa4rUWWHj/photos/b048506858080ad036ece4b53c1954b9/ori_7847030a0cd8cc.jpg?ug_____DcSPIwim2" align="left" height="135" width="240">One of my favorite pastimes is making fun of our local newscasts, but nothing could compare to this story, where a...

Racial Healing and John McCain

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<p>Few issues have impacted American culture and society more than race. From the beginning of the country, to the Civil War, to the Civil Rights Movement, it has blanketed the collective psyche in issues of power, discrimination and oppression. Now with the election of Obama, it...

First Kids in the White House

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By Meredith O'Brien/Mommy Track'd He's already got a big decision to make: Should he buy the golden...

Barack Obama's Grandmother Dies

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Barack Obama announced the death Monday of his beloved grandmother, Madelyn Payne Dunham. In a joint statement with his sister Maya Soetoro-Ng Obama said his grandmother, who helped raise him and whom he often praised as the cornerstone of his family, died peacefully Sunday night after a battle with...

Election 2008: Get ready to vote!

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Election Day is Tuesday, November 4th. Are you ready to vote? At Shine, we've been talking about the many dramatic, inspiring, humorous and flat-out entertaining campaign efforts. But most importantly, we want to make sure that your voices are heard. And that every single vote counts. Scroll through...

Sharing the wealth is bad?

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Why is it that when I see McCain on television I have the urge to change the channel? He's on CNN right now and its painful. I guess I feel bad for the old guy. He's coughing, he's stumbling over his words all the while acting like he has something new to say. I know he wants something new...

What is at Stake When We Choose the Next President?

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In few days we will go to vote for the next president. This time there is more at the stake. In my opinion the choice is between the socialist and the capitalist economic system in the USA. Is the coming presidential election a velvet revolution?

Is this 1968? Is Barack really Jeffrey?

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Growing up in the 60's and 70's was cool. Hanging outside all the time, playing with friends, getting older, getting high and so on. I have one vivid memory as a youngster. I was probably in the 3rd grade and my best friend, we will call him Jeffrey, was a tall black boy. We did...

Pop Culture/Election Civility

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By Meredith O'Brien/Mommy Track'd Not to sound as though I just stepped off of the set of a Frank Capra-esque film wearing rose-colored glasses and humming "God Bless America," but the