Americans Angry at America
1.) As Bill Sees It, "The A.A. Way of Life...selected writings of A.A.'s co-founder." Published by Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc., copyright 1967, ISBN: 0-916856-03-8. See p. 153.

Behind the Times
1.) Transcript of Jeremiah Wright's Speech to NAACP, CNN Politics.com, [WWW document] URL http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/28/wright.transcript/index.html
2.) "Black English and Our Children," by Anthony Cody, Oakland Unified School District, [WWW document] URL http://tlc.ousd.k12.ca.us/~acody/AC_on_Black_English.html
3.) "Answers to Some Questions about 'Ebonics,'" by Prof. Peter L. Patrick, University of Essex, [WWW document] URL http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~patrickp/aavesem/EbonicsQ&A.html
4.) The quotation in paragraph-8 is from the How to Do Business website, [WWW document] URL URL www.howtodobusiness.com/BrainTechnologies.htm

Black Church As Sociopolitical Community
1.) "Still More Lamentations From Jeremiah," by Dana Milbank, 04/29/08, in the Washington Post, [WWW document] URL www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/04/28/ST2008042801405.html
2.) "Black Church," from Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, [WWW document] URL http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_church
3.) "The Church in the Southern Black Community," by Laurie F. Maffly-Kipp, 2001, from the Documenting the American South website, [WWW document] URL http://docsouth.unc.edu/church/intro.html
4.) "Liberation Theology - General Information," from the BELIEVE Religious Information Source website, [WWW document] URL http://mb-soft.com/believe/txn/liberati.htm
5.) "Perceptions of Black - Timeline," from the University of Virginia, [WWW document] URL http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG01/hughes/time.html
6.) "Public Diplomacy: Lessons from King and Mandela," by Brian Rosen and Charles Wolf Jr., October and November 2005 issue of Policy Review, Hoover Institution, [WWW document] URL www.hoover.org/publications/policyreview/2921496.html
7.) "Reverend Wright Imbroglio Exposes Fissure Among Black Voters," by Jonathan Tilove, 05/02/08, Real Clear Politics, [WWW document] URL www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/05/renewed_wright_imbroglio_expos.html
<<>> For an online quiz on black history, try:
8.) Internet African American History Challenge, from Bright Moments.com, [WWW document] URL www.brightmoments.com/blackhistory/index.html

Freud Deserves Respect
1.) Abnormal Psychology, by Richard R. Bootzin and Joan Ross Acocella. Published by Random House, 1988, ISBN 0-394-36859-2.
2.) The Penguin Dictionary of Psychology, by Arthur S. Reber. Published by Penguin Books, 1985.
3.) Sigmund Freud Timeline, by Kendra Van Wagner, from the About.com website, [WWW document] URL http://psychology.about.com/od/sigmundfreud/a/freudtimeline.htm
4.) Sigmund Freud Quotes, by Kendra Van Wagner, from the About.com website, [WWW document] URL http://psychology.about.com/od/psychologyquotes/a/freudquotes.htm
5.) "Defense Mechanisms," from the Changing Minds website, [WWW document] URL http://changingminds.org/explanations/behaviors/coping/defense_mechanisms.htm
6.) "Defense Mechanisms," by John Suler, Ph.D., from the Teaching Clinical Psychology website, [WWW document] URL www-usr.rider.edu/~suler/defenses.html
7.) Dr. Sanity blog, see entry dated Monday, December 19, 2005, "Psychological Defense Mechanisms-A Review," by Pat Santy, [WWW document] URL http://drsanity.blogspot.com/2005/12/psychological-defense-mechanisms.html
8.) "Freudian Christianity," 02/06/50, Time Magazine, [WWW document] URL www.time.com/time/magazine/printout/0,8816,811843,00.html
9.) "The Jewish Side of Freud," by Philip Rosenblum, 2003, Jewish Magazine, [WWW document] URL www.jewishmag.com/71mag/freud/freud.htm
10.) "When Not to Refute Atheism: Marx, Nietzsche, and Freud for Christian Reflection," by Merold Westphal, Ph.D., 09/17/04, accessed from the Christian Study Center website, [WWW document] URL www.christianstudycenter.org/article.php?ArtID=27
11.) "Sigmund Freud and Psychoanalysis Notes," by Victor Daniels, 10/07/03, The Psychology Department, Sonoma State University, [WWW document] URL www.sonoma.edu/users/d/daniels/freud_notes.html

G.D. the Drug Dealer
1.) "The Pusher," 1968, words and music by Hoyt Axton, accessed from the John Kay & Steppenwolf website which is maintained by Michael Wilk. [WWW document] URL www.steppenwolf.com/lyr/thpshrr.html

Languages in America: Legislation and Costs
1.) "A Chronology of the Official English Movement," by Jaime B. Draper and Martha Jiménez, 1996, [WWW document] URL www.usc.edu/dept/education/CMMR/PolicyPDF/OfficialEnglishDraperJimenez.pdf (As per the website: "Jamie B. Draper is former assistant Director of the Joint National Committee for Languages, and Martha Jiménez is a former legislative attorney for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund. Both have served on the steering committee of the English Plus Information Clearinghouse. This article is adapted from "Language Debates in the United States: A Decade in Review," EPIC Events 2,(5),( 1990): 1, 4, 7. Copyright © 1990 by the National Forum. Permission to reprint is granted with proper credit."
2.) "Fact Sheets: Costs of Multilingualism," U.S. English website, [WWW document] URL www.usenglish.org/inc/official/fact%5Fsheets/db_multiling.asp
3.) An Unlikely Conservative, by Linda Chavez. Published by Basic Books, 2002, ISBN: 0-465-08903-8. Quoted paragraphs are from pp. 197, 198.

Personality and Campaign: Obama, Clinton, Hunter
1.) Alfred Adler: Superiority and Social Interest, edited by Heinz L. Ansbacher and Rowen R. Ansbacher. Published by W.W. Norton & Company, 1979, ISBN: 0-393-00910-6. See pp. 24, 25, 124.
<<>>Information on Barack Obama:
2.) "Illinois Senator Barack Obama," On the Issues website, [WWW document] URL www.issues2000.org/Senate/Barack_Obama.htm
3.) "Barack Obama," from Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, [WWW document] URL http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama
4.) "Foreign Policy," from Obama '08 (official campaign website), [WWW document] URL www.barackobama.com/issues/foreignpolicy
5.) "Voting Record," from the Barack Obama U.S. Senator for Illinois website, [WWW document] URL http://obama.senate.gov/votes
6.) "Inside Obama's Dream Machine," by Richard Wolffe, the 01/14/08 issue of Newsweek Magazine, www.newsweek.com/id/84581/output/print
7.) Speech by Michelle Obama, C-Span "Campaign 2008" T.V. program, aired live on 01/06/08.
8.) "Remarks of Senator Barack Obama: Iowa Caucus Night," 01/03/08, from Obama '08 (official campaign website), [WWW document] URL www.barackobama.com/2008/01/03/remarks_of_senator_barack_obam_39.php
9.) "The Black Value System," from the Trinity United Church of Christ website, [WWW document] URL www.tucc.org/black_value_system.html
10.) "About Us," from the United Trinity Church of Christ website, [WWW document] URL www.tucc.org/about.htm
<<>>Information on Hillary Clinton:
11.) "2008 Presidential Candidates Hillary Clinton," On the Issues website, [WWW document] URL www.issues2000.org/Hillary_Clinton.htm
12.) "Hillary Rodham Clinton," from Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, [WWW document] URL http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton
13.) "Issues: Restoring America's Standing in the World," from the Hillary for President website, (official campaign website) [WWW document] URL www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/security
14.) "Hillary Clinton N.H. Victory Speech," from My Fox: You Decide 2008, [WWW document] URL www.myfoxny.com/myfox/pages/News/Politics/ Detail?contentId=5431683&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.14.1
15.) "Confidence in America," by Madeleine K. Albright, 01/07/08, in the Washington Post, www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/06/ AR2008010601827_pf.html
<<>>Information on Duncan Hunter:
16.) "California House Duncan Hunter," On the Issues website, [WWW document] URL www.issues2000.org/CA/Duncan_Hunter.htm
17.) "Duncan Hunter," from Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, [WWW document] URL http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_Hunter
18.) "Fighting the War on Terror," from the Duncan Hunter for President 2008 website (official campaign website), [WWW document] URL www.gohunter08.com
19.) "Biography," from the Duncan Hunter for President website (official campaign website), [WWW document] URL www.gohunter08.com/inner.asp?z=21
20.) "Biography," from the U.S. Representative Duncan Hunter website, [WWW document] URL www.house.gov/hunter/biography.shtml
21.) "Open Letter to the Wyoming GOP--Time for Another California Cowboy, Duncan Hunter," by Alexander J. Madison, 01/04/08, from the blog Duncan Hunter Grass-Revolt: Unofficial Grass HQ, [WWW document] URL http://dhgrassrevolt.wordpress.com
22.) "Duncan Hunter Throws a Curve Ball," posted by Michael Swartz, accessed 01/08/08, from the blog Duncan Hunter Grass-Revolt: Unofficial Grass HQ, [WWW document] URL http://dhgrassrevolt.wordpress.com
23.) "Kuncinich, Hunter, Gravel Cut from Debates," 01/04/08, MSNBC News [WWW document] URL www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22504324
24.) "Hunter Passionate about Defense, Trade, Borders," by Jane Norman, 12/28/07, Des Moines Register, [WWW document] URL www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071228/ NEWS09/712280370
25.) "Hunter Keeps On, Despite Lacking Funds, Attention," by Dana Wilkie, 01/03/08, in the San Diego Union-Tribune, [WWW document] URL www.signonsandiego.com/news/politics/20080103-9999-1n3hunter.html
26.) "Hunter Sees Assassination of Bhutto as Setback for U.S.," by Anjeanette Damon, 12/28/07, in the Reno Gazette-Journal, [WWW document] URL http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date= 20071228&Category=NEWS&ArtNo=712280458&Ref=AR
27.) "The Surge Effect," by Fred Barnes, 01/21/08 [sic], accessed on 01/12/08, in the Weekly Standard, Volume 013, Issue 18, [WWW document] URL http://weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/014/587vvfoy.asp
<<>>Since writing this essay, I have found two articles expressing concern about the Obamas' religious views:
19.) "Obama's Mentor's Mentor," by Lee Cary, 02/22/08, in the American Thinker, [WWW document] URL www.americanthinker.com/2008/02/obamas_mentors_mentor.html
20.) "Barack and Michelle Keeping the Faith," by Kyle-Anne Shiver, 02/22/08, in the American Thinker, [WWW document] URL www.americanthinker.com/2008/02/barack_and_michelle_keeping_th.html

Refocusing Civil Rights
1.) "Barack Obama's Victory Speech in South Carolina," 01/27/08, accessed from Obama '08 (official campaign website), [WWW document] URL http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/samgrahamfelsen/CGxdg
2.) Congressional Black Congress, [WWW document] URL www.congressionalblackcaucus.net
3.) Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, [WWW document] URL http://cbcfinc.org
4.) "Congressional Black Caucus," from Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, [WWW document] URL http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Black_Caucus
5.) "Black Caucus: Whites Not Allowed," by Josephine Hearn, 01/22/07, from The Politico website, [WWW document] URL www.politico.com/news/stories/0107/2389.html
6.) "Careless Caucus," by Jonah Goldberg, 03/31/06, in the National Review, [WWW document] URL www.nationalreview.com/goldberg/goldberg200603310748.asp
7.) Hispanic Congressional Congress, [WWW document] URL www.house.gov/baca/chc
8.) "Immigration Principles," Hispanic Congressional Congress, [WWW document] URL www.house.gov/baca/chc/prin-immigration.shtml
9.) "Congressional Hispanic Caucus," from Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, [WWW document] URL http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Hispanic_Caucus
10.) "Sanchez Accuses Democrat of Calling Her a 'Whore,' Resigns from Hispanic Group," by Josephine Hearn, 02/02/07, from The Politico website, [WWW document] URL www.politico.com/news/stories/0107/2572.html
11.) "Women Dispute Hispanic Caucus Election," by Josephine Hearn, 01/22/07, from The Politico website, [WWW document] URL www.politico.com/news/stories/0107/2413.html
12.) Educational Leadership, October 2007, Vol.65, No. 2. Published by the Education Advance Corp., New Jersey.
13.) "Battle Over MoCRI," by George Will, 10/27/08, in Real Clear Politics, [WWW document] URL www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/01/the_battle_over_mocri.html
<<>>Since writing this essay, the following article on racial preferences and college admissions has become available:
14.) "Obama Logic vs. Racial Preferences," by Stuart Taylor, Jr., 02/25/08, in the National Journal, [WWW document] URL http://nationaljournal.com/taylor.htm

Regrouping for the New Year
1.) "Presidential Assassination, Attempts, and Security Measures," from the Presidents Homepage website, [WWW document] URL www.presidentsusa.net/assassinations.html
2.) "Benazir Bhutto," from Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, [WWW document] URL http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benezir_Bhutto
3.) "Campaigning in the Face of Terror," "Reflections on October's unsuccessful assassination attempt," by Benazir Bhutto, 10/23/07, posted again on 12/27/07, in the Opinion Journal, [WWW document] URL www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110011046

Social Workers in Loan Debt
1.) "Social Workers and Educational Debt," 2007, Center for Workforce Studies, N.A.S.W., [WWW document] URL http://workforce.socialworkers.org/whatsnew/swanddebt.pdf
2.) 22 Responses to "Workforce Study: Social Workers and Educational Debt," N.A.S.W., [WWW document] URL www.socialworkblog.org/pressroom/index.php/2008/04/17/ workforce-study-social-workers-and-educational-debt
3.) "Summary of Reinvestment Act," N.A.S.W., [WWW document] URL www.socialworkreinvestment.org/content/SWRISummary.pdf
4.) "New Report: Student Debt Means Many New Graduates Can't Afford to be Teachers or Social Workers," 04/22/06, Student Debt Alert, [WWW document] URL www.studentdebtalert.org/alert.asp?id2=24597
5.) "Students Suffocate Under Tens of Thousands in Loans," by Sandra Block, 02/22/06 in USA Today [WWW document] URL www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/general/2006-02-22-student-loans-usat_x.htm
6.) "N.Y.S. Licensed Social Worker Loan Forgiveness Program," from the H.E.S.C. website, [WWW document] URL www.hesc.com/content.nsf/ SFC/4/NYS_Licensed_Social_Worker_Loan_Forgiveness_Program
7.) The Michelle Obama quote was adapted from the Hugh Hewitt blog, see entry date May 1, 2008, "Mark Steyn laughing response to Michelle Obama's attempt to turn the page," [WWW document] URL http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/talkradio/transcripts/
Transcript.aspx?ContentGuid=ff1e369d-faad-411e-8be4-4cbcdfd600fa
<<>>For a collection of articles on student loans, try:
8.) The New York Times, Times Topics, Student Loans, [WWW documents] URL http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/ subjects/s/student_loans/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier

Vodka Solves Nothing
1.) VDARE.com, Michelle Malkin Archive, under the title "Absolut's Reconquista Brew Draws Boycott Backlash," 04/09/08, [WWW document] URL www.vdare.com/malkin/080409_absolut.htm
2.) "Absolut Ad Stirs Up Controversy," 04/08/08, from KGET TV 17, [WWW document] URL www.kget.com/mostpopular/story.aspx?content_id=166aa499-8fa6-4f37-a199 -9fc9f50a9304
3.) "The Boycott of Absolut Vodka Is On," posted by The Seeker, 04/08/08, from Associated Content: The People's Media Company, [WWW document] URL www.associatedcontent.com/article/703107 the_boycott_of_absolut_vodka_is_on.html
4.) Boycott Absolut Vodka website, [WWW document] URL www.boycottabsolut.com
5.) "Anti-Illegal Immigration Group Calls for 'Absolut' Vodka Boycott," 04/08/08, Fox News, [WWW document] URL www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,348290,00.html
6.) "Vodka Maker Apologizes for Ad Depicting Southwest as Part of Mexico," 04/07/08, Fox News, [WWW document] URL www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,346964,00.html
7.) "Absoult Vodka Ad Stirs a U.S.-Mexico Debate," by Deborah Bonello and Reed Johnson, 04/05/08, in the Los Angeles Times, [WWW document] URL www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-absolut5apr05,1,3887663.story

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