Friday, May 16th, 2008
Chris Piascik is a designer in Cambridge, MA, and he fills notebooks with fantastic daily drawings and stylized words. Ann Raber discovered this page with a quotation from Obama's The Audacity of Hope:
[Chris Piascik / Flickr]
Piascik has even painted some creatures onto red Chuck Taylors.
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender rights, like abortion, is one of those normally core political issues that hasn't broken through into high visibility in this presidential race. Yet, anyway. Online, though, you can of course find riches. Let's start by rewinding a few months to New Hampshire, where Dennis Kucinich was approached by Harvard ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
Les is unabashedly "for Hillary" and made this animated short to show his support. (Found by Sarolta Cump.) It paints the Obama campaign as the product of a well-oiled machine. Churn up Oprah Winfrey, Kool-Aid, "snotty followers," and a few other ingredients and voila! A campaign that takes a nosedive ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
This takes citizen ads to a whole new level. It includes tap dancing, dogs in t-shirts, and dizzying costume changes -- all supported by a very(!) enthusiastic original song (thanks, Sue Salinger):
Grace Uncensored is a performer from Springfield, IL.
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Dixie Wells -- aka "young and with it" (possibly more young and with it than her subject) -- is from Austin, TX. It appears that she caught this conflicted donkey outside the local Alamo movie theatre the night of the Democratic debate in Austin.
[young and with it / Flickr]
Is any ...
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
A light palate cleanser between between heavier offerings: via Sue Salinger, a toddler speaks her political mind:
[asaaaaad / Vimeo.]
Hard to come up with a punchline after that one.
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Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
It seems that a Clinton victory in West Virginia today may be a foregone conclusion. In a completely unscientific survey, there are certainly more Hillary signs than Obama signs in this picture from Shepherdstown, WV, taken by Marylander Pang Tubhirun (hat tip to Misa Dayson):
[pangalang / Flickr]
It looks like the ...
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Friday, May 9th, 2008
[Dean Terry / Flickr]
Beth Martin Birky teaches women's studies and English at Goshen College in Indiana. She recalls vividly her sixth-grade entree into electoral politics: "I remember my first voting booth: a cardboard refrigerator box in the hallway of Oak Street Elementary school in Orrville, Ohio." Birky's been a dedicated ...
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Thursday, May 8th, 2008
Barack Obama has quite a worldwide following. He's got vocal supporters as far away as Gaza City and as close as Canada. From our northern neighbors, first a serious comment: these young Canadians say Obama's appeal is all about international relations:
And next something silly: this old-timey song pays tribute with ...
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Thursday, May 8th, 2008
See the periodic table? [Mike Mertz / Flickr]
A group of scientists, educators, and business leaders is calling for Science Debate 2008, and thousands of people have signed on in support. The goal here is to convince the 08 candidates to debate big scientific issues -- issues that affect America's national ...
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Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
Telluride's Free Box for free trades
[markschoneveld / Flickr]
Republican, corporate lawyer, and Cubs fan Pat Allen feels that John McCain -- unlike his two potential Democratic rivals -- has shown admirable consistency on free trade (thanks, Ann Raber):
During the Ohio primary last month, Senators Obama and Clinton were in a race ...
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Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
Barack Obama must be pretty happy with his big victory in North Carolina and slim loss in Indiana. The days leading up to yesterday had some fairly ugly moments, though. This picture, emailed to Kate Sherrill, a college librarian, shows one of them in Vincennes, Indiana (hat tip to James ...
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