Lacking the conviction to wage war on unemployment, Republicans have escalated their war on women with the passage of a House bill that permits hospitals that receive federal funding to turn away women who seek an abortion even if the procedure is necessary to save their lives. Repeat: Even if the procedure is necessary to save their lives. And now Senator Jim DeMint of … [Read more...] about (UPDATED) A New Acme Of Meanspiritedness For The GOP
7 Blunders That May Haunt Herman Cain
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999
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Huntsman Won the Debate
The candidate who gained most from a Republican bickerfest in Las Vegas was the one who saved airfare and stayed in New Hampshire talking to voters face to face. At the very least, Jon Huntsman was not embarrassed by squabbling on the stage. It started with Rick Santorum introducing himself as someone who was going to catch the redeye to be with his daughter in the hospital … [Read more...] about Huntsman Won the Debate
Financial Writer Seized By Monthly Bout Of Madness
You need a highly developed sense of humor to follow the stock market these days. You need an even more developed taste for exotic fun to cope with pronouncements coming from the Fed and other official sources of financial and economic wisdom. At about this time most months, however, when inflation numbers and their interpretation are made public. even those of us well used to … [Read more...] about Financial Writer Seized By Monthly Bout Of Madness
Winner of Vegas GOP Debate is Pres. Obama
WASHINGTON - Ann Romney had one word to describe what went down between Rick Perry and her husband Mitt Romney last night. According to CNN's John King, it was "animosity." Politico today: While he wasn’t the only one of the six candidates on stage to take aim at Romney, it was the Texas governor who personalized the fight. The intensely competitive Perry, frustrated … [Read more...] about Winner of Vegas GOP Debate is Pres. Obama
Tom Joyner & Other Black Influencers Call on Black Community to Support President Obama Re-Election “Because He is a Black Man”
Syndicated radio show host Tom Joyner calls on blacks to support President Obama's re-election based on "our blackness, pride & loyalty, and we should vote for him "because he's a black man." I won't join other black influencers to call for black Americans to vote for President Obama because he is black. Casting one's vote is a personal and private matter that should be … [Read more...] about Tom Joyner & Other Black Influencers Call on Black Community to Support President Obama Re-Election “Because He is a Black Man”
Five Things We Learned from Tuesday’s GOP Debate
CNN offers us the five things we learned from last night's feisty GOP debate: Why 9-9-9 was No. 1: A rise in the polls brings more scrutiny, so we knew that Cain's "9-9-9" tax plan would come under attack from his rivals. And we didn't have to wait long for the full frontal assault.... .....Romney gave as good as he got: We knew Romney would be under the microscope, but … [Read more...] about Five Things We Learned from Tuesday’s GOP Debate
Occupying Wall Street Journal
Rupert Murdoch seems sufficiently recovered from his Fleet Street troubles to be tapping into the Wall Street protesters with the full weight of his attack journalism. Yesterday he takes down the Journal paywall to tell us all: “In interviews, protesters show that they are leftists out of step with most American voters. Yet Democrats are embracing them anyway.” A former … [Read more...] about Occupying Wall Street Journal
GOP Player of the Month
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Book Review: Winters Cook’s ‘Nozuko’s Story: The Story Of An African Family’
Nozuko and her family bury baby Yanga in their vegetable garden American ex-patriot Susan Winters Cook is that rarest of contemporary photojournalists because she still shoots in black and white. "I believe color distracts from the image unless it has a direct role in the message," she tells me, and that is abundantly clear from her newly published Nozuko's Story: A Story … [Read more...] about Book Review: Winters Cook’s ‘Nozuko’s Story: The Story Of An African Family’
Occupy Movement
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NYC Pepper-Spray Commander Faces Disciplinary Charge
He's being docked 10 vacation days for violating departmental guidelines: The Internal Affairs Bureau reviewed the incident and found that Inspector Bologna “used pepper spray outside departmental guidelines,” said Paul J. Browne, the Police Department’s chief spokesman. He declined to elaborate. The inspector can accept the charges and plead guilty, or he can opt for a … [Read more...] about NYC Pepper-Spray Commander Faces Disciplinary Charge
Live Blogging of CNN Western Republican Leadership Conference Debate in Las Vegas, NV (UPDATED)
Here is live blogging of tonight’s CNN Western Republican Leadership Conference debate in Las Vegas, NV. This debate could have more serious consequences than others. Former Godfather's Pizza CEO Herman Cain is surging in the polls and even the front runner in several but some analysts contend he is "strolling for President" -- not taking seriously enough the need for solid … [Read more...] about Live Blogging of CNN Western Republican Leadership Conference Debate in Las Vegas, NV (UPDATED)
TMV Will Offer Live Bloggging of Tonight’s Republican Presidential Debate
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A Globalized Occupy Wall Street Will Be Around For a While
NEW YORK CITY. — In these days of globalization it certainly fits our times: Occupy Wall Street has now gone global. Welcome to New York, a city with more stoops than a talk show host convention. “If I can make it there, I’ll make it anywhere,” say the lyrics of “New York, New York,” and Occupy Wall Street has made it here. Local newspapers are crammed with long stories … [Read more...] about A Globalized Occupy Wall Street Will Be Around For a While
Redistricting Plan In Utah Under Fire
Late Monday evening, Utah's legislature passed a controversial redistricting plan, Ben Winslow reported on Google+. According to FOX News: Passage of the map came after House Republicans went into a closed caucus multiples times throughout the day, spending more than six hours working privately on a final map. Lawmakers spent less than four hours debating the map on the … [Read more...] about Redistricting Plan In Utah Under Fire
The Most Inane Argument Of The Political Season Is Whether Obama Is Black Enough
It is a testament to the progress that African-Americans have made that there is a black Democratic president and a black Republican who is contending for the nomination to run against that black president. But it also is a testament to the pettiness of political discourse today and the fact that people of color still are singled out when whites are not that Barack Obama has … [Read more...] about The Most Inane Argument Of The Political Season Is Whether Obama Is Black Enough
One Months On: Random Observations On The Occupy Wall Street Protests
My secretly held view (I suppose I was hedging my blogger bets) that the Occupy Wall Street protests wouldn't last a month was a product of the pessimism that has chased my life-long optimism about all things American. I am now happy to admit that I was wrong, perhaps very wrong, and you better believe that I'm paying attention when a friend who is a wise old head of some 70 … [Read more...] about One Months On: Random Observations On The Occupy Wall Street Protests
Success: Luck or Work ?
Given the debates raised by Occupy Wall Street I thought I'd bring up this topic again, since it seems quite timely. The basis of my original post was a caller to a local talk show. He was the father of 5, the youngest in her 5th year of college, so you figure he's around 60ish. He grew up as one of 12 children in a working class family, not abject poverty but very tight … [Read more...] about Success: Luck or Work ?