Anti-Rumsfeld Speech (November 8, 2007)
A great man once said, “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” Those words were spoken by John F. Kennedy on January 20, 1961. Speaking before a country ready...
View ArticleDelta Gents Speech (given February 20, 2008)
On December 23, 1776, Thomas Paine wrote in The American Crisis: “These are the times that try men’s souls: The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of...
View ArticleGitmo Rally Speech (March 6, 2008)
Perhaps the biggest moment that changed my life was the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. I was thirteen at the time and I almost remember that day like it was yesterday. Before 9/11, I believed...
View Article“Mission Accomplished” Rally Speech (May 1, 2008)
Five years ago, this country was told that the Iraqi government possessed weapons of mass destruction and had connections to al-Qaeda and 9/11. And five years ago, President Bush went on the USS...
View ArticleRally Against War Crimes speech (featuring Noam Chomsky, Oct. 4, 2009)
Forty years ago, on April 3, 1969, more than 800 people met in Stanford University’s Dinkelspiel Auditorium to form what became known as the April Third Movement (A3M). This movement called upon...
View ArticleMy Interview w/ The Stanford Spotlight (Oct. 5, 2009)
I did an interview with The Stanford Spotlight, which is a show my friends put together on the Stanford Cardinal Broadcasting Network. They interviewed me about the Rally Against War Crimes event with...
View ArticleSpeech: “Imperialism, racism, and torture”
This is the text of a speech I gave at a panel Stanford Says No to War hosted called “It’s All About U.S.: Questioning U.S. Militarism”. This speech was given on May 26th, 2010 and is the last speech I...
View ArticleU.S. Ambassador Susan Rice’s 2010 Commencement Address at Stanford University...
U.S. Ambassador (and Stanford alumna) Susan E. Rice gave an amazing commencement address at my graduation. The speech was given on June 13th, 2010 at Stanford University’s 119th Commencement for the...
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