WADE RATHKE is the founder of ACORN, Chief Organizer at ACORN International, and Author of "Nuts & Bolts", "Citizen Wealth", "Global Grassroots", and "The Battle for the 9th Ward".
New Orleans – The huge sigh of relief by Democrats after the midterms could be heard across the country. There was no red wave. It wasn’t as bad as many expected. The House was lost only narrowly, and by less than usual in a mid-term election, and the Senate was not only held, but improved …
Mexico City – It took one-hundred years, but the newly elected Republican majority proved emphatically that the deep divisions in the country were not just red versus blue, Republicans versus Democrats, but even Republicans against Republicans, as they failed to elected a Speaker of the House of Representatives after the first three ballots. For all of …
Chicago My mother always insisted after every birthday and Christmas, and it seemed like a host of other occasions, that my brother and I write “thank you” notes. That lesson set hard on my brother, and he embraced it as a good thing. I didn’t disagree with the practice, but often it was bottom-of-the-list-business …