Granted, it’s her show and she can interview anybody she wants. But Oprah claims that the mission of her show is to help people (especially women) live their best lives. And she purportedly does this by providing a forum for the discussion of important issues that affect them. Therefore, it behooves her to appreciate that refusing to invite Republican… Read more.
Barack Obama
Obama accepts historic nomination, but let’s not get too excited…
With profound gratitude and great humility, I accept your nomination for the presidency of the United States. With those simple words, Barack Obama continued the historic march on Washington to fulfill the dream Martin Luther King, Jr. voiced 45 years ago. That dream of course was for an America where people “will not be judged by the color of… Read more.
YouTube lecture by Paris Hilton becomes the highlight of US presidential campaign…?
It’s a sad commentary on the state of world affairs that the diplomatic initiatives of a rock star or Hollywood actress are taken more seriously than those of a seasoned statesman. But that is the perverse reality…. Alas, worshiping celebrities is not merely the avocation of giddy teenage girls; because world leaders seem equally enthralled… Read more.
The absurdity of McCain accusing “dollar-bill” Obama of playing the race card
Nothing demonstrated that John McCain’s presidential campaign was flat lining quite like the recent juxtaposition of Barack Obama blithely enthralling millions on his world tour with McCain desperately seeking an audience in a local supermarket. Therefore, I am not all surprised that McCain decided to resort to the last refuge of all desperate politicians, namely… Read more.
Beware Barack, don’t believe the hype!
Watching the way world leaders greeted Barack Obama on his world tour last week, one could be forgiven the impression that he was already president of the United States. There’s no denying that the political atmospherics of his tour, which had leaders in the Middle East treating Obama like a president and people in Berlin… Read more.
World leaders hail Obama as presumptive president! Meanwhile, back home Bush and McCain struggle to seem relevant
After regaling leaders in the Middle East with his presidential bearing and command of the complex issues that beset this region, Barack Obama flew to Germany today where he’s scheduled to give a speech on US-EU relations that Germans are anticipating as if it were a free concert by the Rolling Stones. He will follow… Read more.
Obama takes historic presidential campaign to the Middle East and Europe
Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic nominee, has taken a detour from his US presidential campaign trail this week to go on a “fact-finding and listening” tour of Europe and the Middle East. But John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee, is leading a chorus of pundits criticizing Obama’s trip as variously long-overdue, misguided and inappropriate. They say… Read more.
Update: Now Martin Luther King Jr’s children have taken their fight over his estate to court
King’s legacy has not been enhanced by the squabbling amongst his four children – pitting two of them who regard it as their inheritance to use for their personal benefit against the other two who regard it as a public trust for them to manage as zealous trustees. In fact, here’s how Martin Luther King III –… Read more.