The Real Ike by Richard Cohen Washington Post Columnist One day in 1967, Dwight D. Eisenhower came to New York for the opening of an exhibit of his paintings at the old Huntington Hartford Museum on Columbus Circle. Ike, like Churchill, was an amateur painter and, like Churchill, was more ambitious than talented. Ike's paintings were simple farm scenes and the like, … [Read more...] about The Real Ike (Guest Voice)
Was Fox News Pulling For Romney? (Guest Voice)
Was Fox News Pulling for Romney? by Floyd and Mary Beth Brown According to the RealClearPolitics website, Newt Gingrich recently told a Tea Party meeting in Delaware, "I think Fox has been for Romney all the way through. In our experience, Callista and I both believe CNN is less biased than Fox this year. We are more likely to get neutral coverage out of CNN than we are of … [Read more...] about Was Fox News Pulling For Romney? (Guest Voice)
Kim Jong-un`s Toy
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Mitt Romney’s Future Is Canada’s Future
Now that the fight for the Republican nomination has been settled, Canadians should keep a close eye on Mitt Romney. His future is Canada's future. Romney personifies the financialization of the North American economy in the past thirty-five years. He did not make his money by making things. He became rich by buying, selling and closing down businesses. Obama has the … [Read more...] about Mitt Romney’s Future Is Canada’s Future
How Comedians and Cartoonists View North Korea’s “Failure to Launch”
While Friday’s spectacular missile launch failure was a humiliating embarrassment for North Korea and its leaders, it provided plenty of material for humorists, satirists and cartoonists everywhere to poke fun at North Korea and its missile program. The usually sedate Stars and Stripes provides us with “a look at some of the funnier reactions.” However, while we make fun … [Read more...] about How Comedians and Cartoonists View North Korea’s “Failure to Launch”
The Titanic, 100 Years Later
"The very rich are different from you and me," F. Scott Fitzgerald famously quipped to his fellow scribe and drinking pal Ernest Hemingway... to which Hemingway just as famously replied, "Yes, they have more money." Both men came from solid middle-class Midwestern stock. But Fitzgerald had gone to school with the rich boys and knew them intimately: the sporty banter, the … [Read more...] about The Titanic, 100 Years Later
Repression Will Win Out Over Legalization at Summit of the Americas (El Carabobeno, Venezuela)
Will the Summit of the Americas, to be held in Colombia this weekend, call for drug decriminalization? Columnist Julio E. Mayaudon of Venezuela's El Carabobeno writes that despite all the evidence supporting an orderly decriminalization, an alliance of sorts between the U.S. and more authoritarian states will doom plans for legalization: The U.S. opposes it, preferring to put … [Read more...] about Repression Will Win Out Over Legalization at Summit of the Americas (El Carabobeno, Venezuela)
The War on the War on Women Woman
Welcome to the Etch-a-Sketch. Now, if you're paying attention, you just learned the Achilles heel of the Romney campaign. If you haven't been paying attention, that's YOUR Achilles heel, which they intend to exploit. I speak of course, of Ann Romney's dirty crack. … [Read more...] about The War on the War on Women Woman
Don’t Let Mommy War Linkbait Distract From Policy Preferences & Differences
Did you know that working moms who don't watch Fox are socialists? Neither did I. But then I asked some folks on Twitter, who were beating up on a friend of mine who is a left of center lady, not unlike myself, and was on Fox this morning (the national cable version, not the local), if they could link to the clip about which they were razzing my friend, since, being a working … [Read more...] about Don’t Let Mommy War Linkbait Distract From Policy Preferences & Differences
The Rich Are Different from You and Me – They Pay Less Taxes (Guest Voice)
The Rich Are Different from You and Me – They Pay Less Taxes by Bill Moyers and Michael Winship Benjamin Franklin, who used his many talents to become a wealthy man, famously said that the only things certain in life are death and taxes. But if you’re a corporate CEO in America today, even they can be put on the back burner – death held at bay by the best medical care … [Read more...] about The Rich Are Different from You and Me – They Pay Less Taxes (Guest Voice)
Shrill for the Women’s Vote: Ann Romney and Hilary Rosen Go to War
WASHINGTON - The graphic above is from Buzzfeed, a favorite daily stop of mine. It says a lot, especially how Hilary Rosen's comment turned Ann Romney into the Romney campaign's reluctant heroine at a time when the candidate himself is sucking wind on women. That the cultural collision ignited by Rosen brought back a favorite Republican talking point, to which I've never … [Read more...] about Shrill for the Women’s Vote: Ann Romney and Hilary Rosen Go to War
Never Worked A Day In Her Life
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Cat Fight Between the Cheshire Cat and Fox News (UPDATE)
UPDATE: The feud continues. The man -- the Daily News called him a “Cry Baby” back in 1995 -- who “closed down the government because Clinton made him sit at back of plane,” now has an even more devastating revenge in store for Fox News. Jeremy Peters over at The Hill informs us that Gingrich and Callista will be sitting at CNN’s table, not Fox, at the White House … [Read more...] about Cat Fight Between the Cheshire Cat and Fox News (UPDATE)
TO Piers Morgan and Ann Romney: Wake up, For Most Women Today, it’s NOT a “Choice”
Tonight, Piers, whom I adore for being a shy outspoken reserved iconoclastic darling curly haired boyish mensch... cozied up to the Ann Romney statement (via Ann's son coming on his show to defend his mother), refuting Miss Hilary Rosen's remark inferring that Mrs Romney's no expert on the lives of women, not having to work a day in her life. Just this Piers: Ann said over … [Read more...] about TO Piers Morgan and Ann Romney: Wake up, For Most Women Today, it’s NOT a “Choice”
Deputy Makes Ultimate Sacrifice
Today was planned to be a fun day for me. Relatives were visiting from out of town and we were driving to my sister's house to visit with her and her family. As we were driving southbound we saw dozens of law enforcement vehicles heading in the other directions with sirens going. I knew it could not be good, but I had no idea just how bad it was. An obituary has been … [Read more...] about Deputy Makes Ultimate Sacrifice
BREAKING: North Korea Launches Long-Range Missile — May Have Failed (UPDATED)
Personal "UPDATE": After this monumentally embarrassing failure to North Korea and its new, young leader, the big question, in my opinion, is what will North Korea do in response, both in the short term and in the long term. Will they blame it on "someone else"? Claim that another country shot their rocket down or somehow caused its failure? And, if so, what will be the … [Read more...] about BREAKING: North Korea Launches Long-Range Missile — May Have Failed (UPDATED)
George Zimmerman Affidavit
George Zimmerman faced a judge today for the killing of Trayvon Martin. He will remain in prison until his next hearing on May 29th. Following that appearance the prosecutors filed an affidavit to present probable clause for second degree murder. Th affidavit states that Zimmerman profiled Martin and..... Later while talking about Martin, Zimmerman stated "these … [Read more...] about George Zimmerman Affidavit
Syria: UN-sponsored peace treads softly
Beleaguered Syrian cities, including Idlib, Homs, Deir Ezzor, Raqqa, Aleppo and Damascus, have enjoyed about ten hours of relative quiet so far on Thursday as President Bashar al-Assad’s gunmen silenced their weapons. But concern is rising that both sides are using the lull to restock and resupply to fight more fiercely within days or even hours. The ceasefire is already … [Read more...] about Syria: UN-sponsored peace treads softly
Summit of the Americas Could Mark Start of ‘Soft’ Drug War (El Espectador, Colombia)
Could this be the dawn of a new era in the battle against illegal drug use? According to columnist Cristina de la Torre of Colombia's El Espectador, for the first time in the 40-year history of the drug war, a 'third way' is being considered by leaders planning to attend the Summit of the Americas in Colombia next weekend: instead of a 'shooting war,' a 'preventive … [Read more...] about Summit of the Americas Could Mark Start of ‘Soft’ Drug War (El Espectador, Colombia)
The Miss Rosen/ Ann Romney Side-Show Diversion: Meanwhile, Some Women’s Life/Death Issues Go Unheeded by The Elites
With some context about Ann Romney's early life as wife and mother.... Mitt legally sidestepped the Vietnam military draft by entering college and then by marrying and then by having children right away. Back then, for those who knew of these deferments and had family who would sometimes help with college, it was a path many took, and it was considered differently depending on … [Read more...] about The Miss Rosen/ Ann Romney Side-Show Diversion: Meanwhile, Some Women’s Life/Death Issues Go Unheeded by The Elites