"Words that make actions speak louder."
There is one person in particular I hope got to hear President Obama’s recent speech on education. There was a teachable moment in that speech applicable to all of the challenges we’re facing and essential for Americans to understand if we’re to meet them. I don’t know his name or who he is. But prior […]
Oh, boy. It’s gonna be a fun eight years if president Obama keeps giving interview answers like these. First, he exasperates and confounds conservatives by doing pretty much what he said he would do when he was just candidate Obama. (Somehow, that, plus his margin of victory, and approval rating don’t suggest to them that […]
They’re at it again. Conservatives, in concert with the health insurance industry, are desperately reaching for relevance on health care. But what they call CPR is really DNR — a “do not resuscitate” order for a health care system in critical condition. “Conservatives for Patient Rights” they call themselves, a name which suggests reform. And […]
Far be it from me to criticize anyone in government. (Yeah. Right.) But there’s something that’s been on my mind ever since people started piling on the auto industry, and this comment from Rahm Emmanuel brought it back to mind. The president’s chief of staff criticized U.S. car companies Sunday for relying too long and […]
Well, no. But the image above was recently named World Press Photo 2008, and the judges framed it in a war context.
Pop quiz. Three questions, and the first two don’t count. Quick. Name the last time working Americans and their families had a friend in a presidential administration. Now, name ten good things conservatives — or conservatism — ever did for American workers. (And, no, decreasing the number of Americans who have work doesn’t count.) Got […]
Every morning, my neighbor and her six-year-old daughter share a bus stop with a terrorist — or a member of a terrorist organization, at least. That’s distressing enough, because my son rides the same school bus. But I recently discovered that the terrorist at my son’s bus stop is me; his Dad, who puts him […]
“Well, I don’t know what will happen now. We’ve got some difficult days ahead. But it doesn’t matter with me now. Because I’ve been to the mountain top. And I don’t mind. Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But I’m not concerned about that now. I just […]
If you haven’t seen it yet, check the episode schedule and make sure you don’t miss the History Channel’s “Crash: The Next Great Depression?”. This one-hour special looks at the current economic meltdown in the US and compares and contrasts it with what led up to the Great Depression, the 1929 Crash, its immediate aftermath […]
What was that about investing in our crumbling infrastructure, again? I ask because a water main somewhere in Montgomery County, Maryland, ruptured today and washed out much of my day. Though my experience was nothing compared to what some people had to deal with.