2008 Woodie Awards
John McCain is an American hero. And he is also, albeit disputably, a conservative. The notion that he is something else - usually emanating from an anti-minority and rather regrettable wing of the conservative movement - is politically unsound and devoid of any realistic basis.
This week's PullQuote Podcast tackles the Radical Student Union's fight for free speech. Click Here to Listen
What if your name were Tara Leigh Patrick? Samuel Clemens? Barry Obama? There are a million reasons to change your name; but when it comes down to it, doesn't your name function as a key part of your identity? For Carmen Electra - who was born Tara Leigh Patrick, Samuel Clemens -who wrote under the pen name Mark Twain, and Barack Obama - who was known as Barry until college, a name change became the identity alteration of choice.