The sun! The sun! And all we can become!”
--Theodore Roethke

Drill we must!” seems to be the mantra of President Bush to assuage the anger of motorists who now pay much more at the gas pumps compared to when he took office in 2001. With the November elections coming, Mr. Bush is trying hard to minimize the negative impact of an economy gone bad. But should the US and, for that matter, the rest of the world be captives to oil? [more]

Maryland Delegate Kris Valderrama (2nd from left) and colleagues from the AFSCME poses with Senator Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president. (Photo by Bing Cardenas Branigin)

LETTER FROM WASHINGTON
By Jon Melegrito
Contributing Editor
PINOY Newsmagazine

Now that Hillary has given her full endorsement to Barack Obama, I must now shift gears and ensure his victory in November. Not an easy thing to do at first, I must confess. But the cause is greater than either one of them.

Seven months ago, when I was on the ground in Iowa campaigning for the New York senator, I was thrilled by the history-making prospect of the first woman president of the most powerful country in the world.

But it wasn’t meant to be. Instead, we have the equally-historic nomination of a Black man by a major political party. Unthinkable a year ago. But it’s looking more and more possible that we will soon have someone in the White House who is not White. Someone even who looks Asian, given his multicultural background. [more]