Mother’s Day in times of recession…
Sunday, May 10, 2009 at 8:24 AM
Archives for 2009
The Obamas’ schizophrenic date night
Thursday, May 7, 2009 at 8:49 AM
Forgive me, but I feel compelled to begin with a little gripe: Americans take so much pride in their progressive culture of middle-class working women that stay-at-home women are considered little more than latter-day stepford wives. Therefore, I find it more than a little schizophrenic that they are celebrating Michelle Obama’s metamorphosis from a middle-class working… Read more.
Elizabeth Edwards is standing by her man: Why Elizabeth, why?
Wednesday, May 6, 2009 at 8:34 AM
Like everyone else in America, I was grief-stricken for Elizabeth Edwards when the National Enquirer outed her husband’s extra-marital affair right after he kicked off his presidential campaign in the fall of 2007: The reason this was so shocking is that Edwards had endeared himself to millions of voters by presenting himself as a faithful… Read more.
Amazonian Indians suing Chevron for billions
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 at 8:24 AM
In this new-media world, it’s probably difficult to imagine that there are people who still have “water-cooler” chats about the latest exposé on 60 Minutes the way others do about the latest performances on American Idol, Dancing with Stars or Britain’s Got Talent. But I happen to be among the TV-watching luddites in this case. Indeed,… Read more.
Jack Kemp, football quarterback, political visionary, is dead
Monday, May 4, 2009 at 8:56 AM
It is probably politically incorrect to say that Jack Kemp’s life was distinguished more by its failures than by its accomplishments. But this is undeniably the case. Granted, he was a superstar quarterback who led the Buffalo Bills to AFL Championships in 1964 and 1965. And he was a nine-term congressman from New York who… Read more.
Ironically, swine flu might wipe out pork-barrel legislation
Sunday, May 3, 2009 at 6:17 AM
UPDATE: Swine flu causing more panic than pandemic
Friday, May 1, 2009 at 12:14 AM
Reprinted from Caribbean Net News caribbeannetnews.com Published on Friday, May 1, 2009 By Anthony L. Hall On Tuesday, I published a commentary entitled Swine flu is causing more panic than pandemic – in which I asserted that we have far more to fear from the hysteria being spread by government officials and news reporters than… Read more.
Marking the first 100 days of the Obama presidency
Thursday, April 30, 2009 at 8:32 AM
There’s no denying that President Barack Obama is off to a flying start. And, nothing demonstrates this quite like the way he has engendered goodwill and transformed the image of America abroad. At home, where his presidency seems beset by the perils of Pauline, Obama has inspired such confidence and hope that even those who… Read more.
Tribute to Sojourner Truth
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 at 8:15 AM
There’s no denying that the only reason the media are doing all they can to turn a few cases of the flu into a pandemic is that scaring people generates super ratings. Unfortunately, the 24/7 coverage being dedicated to this open conspiracy means that truly important stories are being virtually ignored. Such was the case yesterday… Read more.
Swine flu causing more panic than pandemic
Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at 6:05 AM
If we are indeed facing a pandemic, we need to demonstrate global solidarity. In our interconnected world, no nation can deal with threats of such dimension on its own. This was the appropriately cautious admonition UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon issued yesterday after the World Health Organisation (WHO) raised its alert level for a global flu pandemic… Read more.