Archives for March 2008

The uncanny similarities between Barack Obama’s presidential campaign and that of John F. Kennedy’s (JFK) in 1960 continue to unfold. Because just as a whimsical media compelled JFK to defend his religious faith as a litmus test for his candidacy, they have now compelled Obama to do the same. More importantly, just as JFK passed… Read more.

Emulating the bravery their brethren displayed in leading pro-democracy protests in Burma last September, Buddhist monks marked the 49th anniversary of “Tibetan National Uprising Day” on March 10 by leading street protests against Chinese rule in Tibet. And since then, similar protests have erupted not only in other Tibetan-inhabited provinces like Sichuan and Gansu, but… Read more.

Hillary Clinton has played every race card in the deck in a futile effort to derail Barack Obama’s audacious candidacy. Therefore, it’s ironic that the media she once accused of coddling him are now doing more in this respect than she could have ever imagined. Specifically, there seems to be an open media conspiracy to… Read more.

After the “first study of its kind,” the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported this week that at least one in four teenage girls (or more than 3 million teens) has a sexually transmitted disease (STD). True to form, liberal politicians reacted by blaming conservatives for preaching about abstinence, which they claim discourages… Read more.

I wrote on Tuesday that Eliot Spitzer should resign. Therefore, I’m relieved that rumors of his resignation were not as “greatly exaggerated” as I thought. Evidently, after counting votes made it painfully clear that he would not survive an impeachment trial, he was forced to resign yesterday just 18 months into his 4-year tenure: To… Read more.

Yesterday, Barack Obama cruised to a 61% to 37% win over Hillary Clinton in the Mississippi primary. And, coupled with his win in Wyoming on Saturday, this effectively re-establishes him as the candidate not only with an insurmountable lead in delegates but also with the momentum in the race towards the Democratic nomination. However, Hillary’s… Read more.

[A]s governor, I have tried to uphold a vision of progressive politics that would rebuild New York and create opportunity for all. We sought to bring real change to New York and that will continue. Today I want to briefly address a private matter. I have acted in a way that violates my obligations to… Read more.

I suspect I was among very few “liberals” who condemned Harvard University for firing Larry Summers, its intellectually honest but politically incorrect president, in February 2006. Perhaps you recall that (at an academic symposium) Summers had the effrontery to hypothesize that the presence of so few women in science and engineering is due to biological… Read more.

Whining about one of Barack Obama’s loose-lipped aides calling her a “monster”, and screaming gotcha after another one suggested that he really doesn’t mean anything he says, were just a couple of the banana peels Hillary Clinton threw in Obama’s path last week to trip him up. Yet he actually extended his lead over her… Read more.

Government should be open and accountable. (Gordon Brown) Dear Prime Minister Re: Inquiry into good governance in the Turks and Caicos Islands On behalf of the people of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI), I commend your government for conducting such a thorough inquiry into good governance in our UK Overseas Territory. Of course, I… Read more.