Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:02:21 +0000 – By Betsy NewmarkHigh School Government and History Teacher/Blogger We might have suspected that Obama’s pledges to consult with Republicans might fall by the wayside. But what about consulting with his own party members? Why wouldn’t he have run his nominationof Leon Panetta by …
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Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:41:59 +0000 – I find myself agreeing with Harry Reid on this one that Tim Geithner’s nonpayment of his Social Security and Medicare taxeswhile he worked at the IMF should not derail his nomination. It sounds like an honest mistake and not a real effort to …
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At this very moment, supermarket tabloid editors are trying to decide if they’re going to immortalize Michael Jackson as a villain or as a hero. Since The National Enquirer is the highest selling print publication in the world, tabloids will surely have an impact on Jackson’s legacy. The deciding criteria …
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Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:06:20 +0000 – Why is everyone so flipped out about these tea parties? I think it is a great piece of American street theater, and unlike the Vietnam war protests it will not change American policy one iota unless millions and millions of people show up. …
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Only in Washington could a program that is spending money 13 times faster than was planned be labeled a “success.” The “cash-for-clunkers” program ground to a halt last week because in less than a week, a program that was supposed to last until November 1, had spent the entire $1 …
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Fri, 27 Feb 2009 18:03:21 +0000 – By Patrick DorinsonPolitical Commentator Dear Mr. President, First let me tell you that you delivered one helluva speech on Tuesday. You are without a doubt one of the most gifted orators I have ever seen and I have seen quite a few. But …
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Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:30:20 +0000 – By S.E. CuppRepublican Commentator/Author, “Why You’re Wrong About the Right” Chris Matthews, along with Lois Romano of the Washington Post and David Corn of Mother Jones, devoted 10 minutes of last night’s “Hardball” to lamenting the religiosity of Republicans. “Why does everything sound …
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There have generally been two reactions to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s Dec. 3 statement at Georgetown University that America should try to “empathize” with our nation’s “enemies.” One camp holds that Mrs. Clinton simply chose the wrong word to express a banal thought—that the U.S. must understand its …
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Hillary Clinton has gone wet, wild and wacky. In her desperation not to be out-demagogued on the left by the “you-didn’t-build-that-but-government-did” rants of President Obama and Senator Elizabeth Warren, Mrs. Clinton recently said at a campaign rally, “Don’t let anybody—don’t let anybody—tell you that, ah, you know, it’s corporations and …
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The first case of Ebola diagnosed in the United States has caused some to call on the United States to ban travel for anyone from the countries in West Africa facing the worst of the Ebola epidemic. That response is understandable. It’s only human to want to protect ourselves and …
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