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Carter’s Race Card
When I heard the news this morning that Jimmy Carter thinks Obama critics are racist, my initial reaction was to reject the idea. Then I decided that it was only fair to consider the idea before choosing to accept or … Continue reading
Posted in culture, National
Tagged current events, discourse, issues, Jimmy Carter, media
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Takeaways From the Health Care Speech
photo credit: sgroi Let’s pretend that we are starting from scratch on the health care overhaul push – that none of the existing proposals will be used as the template for a reform bill. In other words, let’s assume that … Continue reading
Posted in National
Tagged current events, Elevated, health care, legislation, Obama, questions, reactions
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Predictable
As a political junkie you would expect that I would be endlessly fascinated by all things political and that I would be very excited to listen to a speech by the President (even if only to find things to contradict … Continue reading
Posted in General
Tagged change congress, current events, health care, legislation, Obama
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Senator Ted Kennedy
After a constant barrage of news coverage and a few questions from my own acquaintances asking about my views on Ted Kennedy I thought it appropriate to pay this tribute to The Lion of the Senate. Few men have likely … Continue reading
White House Viral Email
The White House has decided to use a viral email (or at least an email they hope will go viral) to spread their health care reform message. In it they offer: 8 ways reform provides security and stability to those … Continue reading
Posted in National, technology
Tagged current events, health care, legislation, media, Obama, reactions
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An Inside View on the Honduran Situation
It’s always nice to have my positions validated by someone with more inside information than I have. I just learned that Tegucigalpa Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga has taken the same position as I have expressed on every point of the … Continue reading
News on the Honduran Coup
When I first heard about the military coup in Honduras I noticed some reference to the extra-constitutional activities of the ousted president and the attempts by their legislative and judicial branches to check his actions. Soon however I noticed a … Continue reading
Posted in culture
Tagged current events, Honduras, international, media, military, NPR, unconstitutional
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Good Advice
Political columnists don’t generally offer advice that is generally applicable to life. One exception to that comes from Doug Giles (writing about Larry Craig): To heck with public opinion and what people will think. Focus rather on the inevitable mano-a-mano … Continue reading
Only 18 Days Left
Karl Rove is leaving the Bush administration. This proves that dreams can come true. I would have liked to see this happen years ago, but I commented positively on the first reports that Rove had lost his iron grip on … Continue reading
The Beltway
I heard a story on Talk of the Nation today about the firing of federal prosecutors (Blog of the Nation post). The thing that caught my attention was that they were going to discuss how different the coverage on this … Continue reading