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“Red Sex, Blue Sex” and an “Illiterate America” - Not Exactly a Unified Country

By Tom Hanson | Related entries in News

Over the past couple of weeks we have seen two extremely provocative articles regarding the social and intellectual divide that has gripped America in recent years. Both come as we await the inauguration of president-elect Barack Obama, the man who began his campaign back in 2004 at the Democratic National Convention with the momentous line, we are “one state, the United States of America.”

Taken together, the two pieces demonstrate the enormous challenges Obama faces. From them, we can clearly see that the process of uniting America will be a far greater challenge for the next president than fixing the economy.

The Challenges Facing our Next President.

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One Response to ““Red Sex, Blue Sex” and an “Illiterate America” - Not Exactly a Unified Country”

blackoutyears Says:
November 17th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
Read the Hedges piece. Now THAT’S elitist!

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