Mike Lester, The Rome News-Tribune … [Read more...] about Obama’s Wife
Obama Widens Lead Over Clinton To 16 Percent In Gallup Poll
Should we say "What a difference President George Bush suggesting that Barack Obama wants to appease terrorists makes?" Perhaps we should... The latest Gallup Daily tracking poll shows the Democratic Illinois Senator widening his lead even more of Democratic party nomination rival Senator Hillary Clinton -- from 11 percent to 16 percent. The poll was taken during the time of … [Read more...] about Obama Widens Lead Over Clinton To 16 Percent In Gallup Poll
Hillary Clinton: Her Critics and Admirers…
In the present historic US Democratic presidential nomination marathon, the media and the blogs have now begun to write the obituary of Hillary Clinton's ambition to become the President of America. (Did someone say that the media 'obits' had begun to appear right at the start of her campaign?!!!) But the recent 'obits' also reveal a grudging admiration for the spirited … [Read more...] about Hillary Clinton: Her Critics and Admirers…
Olympics 2008: How to Treat Western Journalists Who ‘Break the Law’
With the Olympic Games just a few months away, what will Beijing do with all of those pesky Western journalists running around the country flouting the regime's restrictions on a free press? If this article from China's Global Geographic Times is anything to go by, the 2008 Olympic Games are likely to result in the mass jailing and expulsion of a majority of Western-trained … [Read more...] about Olympics 2008: How to Treat Western Journalists Who ‘Break the Law’
Billionaire Warren Buffett Backs Obama For President
Democratic Senator Barack Obama today got a big (bucks) endorsement in his campaign for the 2008 Democratic nomination and President: the richest man in the world, Warren Buffet, says he backs Obama: Warren Buffett, the world's richest man, is backing Barak Obama for US president and thinks current US economic policy will push the dollar lower against other global … [Read more...] about Billionaire Warren Buffett Backs Obama For President
Market Rises, Economy Sinks
Economy Sinks, Market Rises It would be wrong the say that the stock market's hefty jump in recent months is the result of an outright conspiracy. No secret cabal of Templars, Freemasons, Elders of Zion or Club of Romers is behind this curious upturn. Rather, a simple confluence of interest between government agencies and the market's own major players is what's kicking up … [Read more...] about Market Rises, Economy Sinks
Did the Surge Work?
Highly recommended is the article by Steven Simon (an analyst at CFR) in the latest Foreign Affairs. … [Read more...] about Did the Surge Work?
The Gender Agenda
"If many of Mrs. Clinton’s legions of female supporters believe she was undone even in part by gender discrimination," the New York Times asks today, "how eagerly will they embrace Senator Barack Obama, the man who beat her?" The question underscores how crucial it is for Democrats to untangle the issue of what derailed America's first woman president from what seemed her … [Read more...] about The Gender Agenda
Tough Child Pornography Law Cracking Down On Child Porn Promotion Upheld By Supreme Court
A tough federal pornography law that allows prosecution of child porn beyond the past definitions has been upheld by the Supreme Court: The Supreme Court today upheld a strict new federal law that makes it a crime to send messages over the computer that offer or seek child pornography, even when no such pornography exists. The 7-2 ruling gives prosecutors a powerful … [Read more...] about Tough Child Pornography Law Cracking Down On Child Porn Promotion Upheld By Supreme Court
Clinton Donor: A $1 Million Offer Superdelegates Could Refuse Or Mere Misunderstanding?
Has it really gotten this intense out there? The Huffington Post has a report contending that a big donor to Hillary Clinton's campaign offered a $1 million donation to Young Democrats and in the same conversation asked the groups two superdelgates if they would support a certain candidate: One of Sen. Hillary Clinton's top financial supporters offered $1 million to the … [Read more...] about Clinton Donor: A $1 Million Offer Superdelegates Could Refuse Or Mere Misunderstanding?
GOP Lite
Kevin Drum at The Washington Monthly is as astounded as I at the new GOP The American Families Agenda. It is not just what is in it: * Lower gas prices and energy costs * Provide for a family-friendly work week * Grow our small businesses * Allow workers to take their benefits with them when they change jobs * Take care of our parents and … [Read more...] about GOP Lite
On markets, voters & behavioral economics
A couple new books are looking at behavioral economics and challenging the received wisdom of the market in ways that may actually break into our popular consciousness. The Boston Globe: Near the beginning of "The Hidden Persuaders" (1957), Vance Packard quoted from Advertising Age magazine the first principle of the new science of motivation research: "In very few … [Read more...] about On markets, voters & behavioral economics
After Guantanamo
At Guantanamo Bay, there are now roughly half of the 700something detainees that once served time in the facility. Most have been released, with many of those that remain being termed the ‘worst of the worst’ – hardened terrorists who would allegedly, if let go, help to organize or participate in acts of terrorism. The central debate now raging in policy circles is what is to … [Read more...] about After Guantanamo
From the KKK To Endorsing Barack Obama
HUGE AND HUGELY HISTORIC. MORE HERE. Photograph by Jeff Gentner/The Associated Press … [Read more...] about From the KKK To Endorsing Barack Obama
Obama’s Run: The ‘Miracle’ of America that Could Change the World
Why can it be said that America is the world's greatest social experiment? This article By Thomas Klau from Germany's Financial Times Deutschland outlines the transformation that is bound to take place in and out of the United States the moment Barack Obama takes the oath and enters the Oval office. Klau writes: "In the United States where the relationship between Black … [Read more...] about Obama’s Run: The ‘Miracle’ of America that Could Change the World
Winning Hillary
Frederick Deligne, Le Pelerin, France … [Read more...] about Winning Hillary
We’ve got questions. You have answers.
Roadrunner. (As in the "meep-meep" bird partnered up with Wyle E. Coyote.) Was roadrunner a boy bird or a girl bird? Did they ever really say? … [Read more...] about We’ve got questions. You have answers.
The Conservative Reformation
Ten days ago, Paul Silver tossed a spotlight on a May 9 David Brooks’ column, in which the NYT writer pondered what American conservatives might learn from their British counterparts. Among other things, Brooks claimed that British conservatives are resurgent today only after paying their dues. They wondered in the wilderness before they could emerge on the other side -- … [Read more...] about The Conservative Reformation
Poll: Clinton Leads 26% In Kentucky, Obama Ahead 4% In Oregon
A new Suffolk University poll puts Senator Hillary Clinton ahead by double digits in tomorrow's Kentucky Democratic Presidential primary and Senator Barack Obama ahead by a narrow single digit margin in Oregon. In Kentucky, Hillary Clinton (51 percent) led Barack Obama (25 percent) by 26 points, followed by John Edwards (6 percent) and "uncommitted" (5 percent), while 11 … [Read more...] about Poll: Clinton Leads 26% In Kentucky, Obama Ahead 4% In Oregon
The Fight You Can’t Avoid
From the beginning of the final race for the Democratic presidential nomination between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, it seemed inevitable that this moment would come. Both candidates were described as "historic" in nature - one an African-American, the other a woman. Victory for either would be heralded as a watershed moment in American history, when we stood up as a … [Read more...] about The Fight You Can’t Avoid