Only Obama can make a guy with four wives feel resentful … and in more ways than one!
Saturday, June 13, 2009 at 7:49 AM
Archives for 2009
Grand Opening of Mind, Body & Soul Fitness
Friday, June 12, 2009 at 8:34 AM
As a point of personal privilege, I would like to use today’s commentary to pay tribute to my sister, Alice. Alice is the personification of the power of positive thinking. And she is easily the most high-spirited and energetic person I know. Therefore, I was not at all surprised when she informed me that demand for… Read more.
Holocaust Museum gunman: a sloppy, abusive drunk who happened to be a racist
Thursday, June 11, 2009 at 10:07 AM
It must be understood that, no matter their collective resolve, there’s absolutely nothing our governments can do to prevent such attacks. Meanwhile, that Americans reacted yesterday as if those explosions went off in Washington or New York should compel Westerners to focus on calming our collective nerves instead of fretting about (or worse, trying to… Read more.
Obama disses Israelis…?
Wednesday, June 10, 2009 at 1:10 PM
According to CBS News, Israelis are citing this photo of President Obama speaking to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu – with his feet up on his desk – as yet another demonstration of how little respect Obama has for Israelis. But I wonder if these same Israelis thought President Clinton was demonstrating how little respect he has for Palestinians when he was reportedly speaking to PLO Chairman Yasser… Read more.
McAuliffe, the Clintons’ moneyman, suffers humiliating political defeat
Wednesday, June 10, 2009 at 12:12 PM
Anyone who knows anything about the political success Bill and Hillary Clinton have enjoyed knows that Terry McAuliffe was the indispensable campaign fundraiser who made it all possible. As it happens, I know a little more than most about their relationship – having worked down the hall from Terry when he was serving as chief fundraiser… Read more.
David Carradine, of “Kung Fu” fame, is dead
Tuesday, June 9, 2009 at 11:42 AM
It finally dawned on me that I no longer belong to the hip generation when Kung Fu instead of Kill Bill came to mind upon hearing of the death of David Carradine. Kung Fu, of course, was the 1972 television series that made Carradine famous. And Kill Bill was the 2003 movie that made him famous …… Read more.
North Korea adds kidnapping (of US journalists) to its diplomatic arsenal
Monday, June 8, 2009 at 8:02 PM
No country in the history of mankind has practiced the quasi-Clausewitzian strategy of using war, or the threat of war, to further diplomatic ends more effectively than North Korea. In fact, in recent years, the “dear leader” of this rogue nation, Kim Jong-il, has made a mockery of America’s much-vaunted status as the world’s sole superpower by… Read more.
Muslims more shocked and awed by Obama’s words than by Bush’s bombs
Sunday, June 7, 2009 at 7:14 AM
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Obama’s historic speech to the Muslim world
Friday, June 5, 2009 at 7:50 AM
Obama was the first presidential candidate with unimpeachable standing to address the historic tensions between race and religion that have beset America since its founding 221 years ago. And, no doubt, the fact that he is bi-racial figured prominently in this respect. [Obama’s speech of racial reconciliation would’ve made Lincoln proud, TIJ, March 19, 2008]… Read more.
OAS lifts its almost 50-year ban on Cuba
Thursday, June 4, 2009 at 3:36 AM
The Organization of American States (OAS) is a 34-member organization – representing all the countries of the Americas except Cuba. It promotes democracy and regional cooperation on issues ranging from poverty reduction to drug trafficking. But yesterday the OAS voted to lift the ban it imposed on Cuba in 1962 in deference to the Cold-War sphere… Read more.