Archive for April, 2008

Where’s the Outrage?

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 Posted in Political Commentary | 3 Comments »

Recently I wrote about the decline of the middle class.  About how in the fifties and sixties not only did we enjoy a great deal of prosperity but that prosperity ... Read more..

Of Nukes and Negotiations

Friday, April 25th, 2008 Posted in Political Commentary | 2 Comments »

What can be made of the recent "revelations" that Syria, with North Korea's help, is building a nuclear program, presumably to obtain nuclear weapons?  First of all, what do we ... Read more..

Out of Sight Out of Mind

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 Posted in Political Commentary | No Comments »

Stories of the Bush administration's ban on photographing returning coffins from Iraq may be old news, but it might surprise some to learn that even when the family of a ... Read more..

David Brooks: Escape from Reality

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 Posted in Political Commentary | No Comments »

According to David Brooks' column today, what our political campaigns need is a good dose of medieval superstition.  Apparently we are too focused on reality and that has somehow taken ... Read more..

Hamas Ready to Recognize Israel

Monday, April 21st, 2008 Posted in Political Commentary | No Comments »

In a move that was widely criticized, former president Jimmy Carter began negotiations with the democratically elected leaders of the Gaza strip, Hamas.  As Carter travelled to the region, pretty ... Read more..

Are Voters Really That Stupid?

Saturday, April 19th, 2008 Posted in Political Commentary | No Comments »

David Brooks column Friday argues that Barack Obama having once been a candidate of high ideals and principles has, in the end, descended into nothing more than just commonplace politics ... Read more..

Jimmy Carter: A Real Leader

Thursday, April 17th, 2008 Posted in Political Commentary | 3 Comments »

While the best that President Bush can muster as a leader is to prance around in a flight suit, Jimmy Carter has demonstrated what real leadership is all about as ... Read more..

The Dictatorship of Relativism?

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 Posted in Political Commentary | 1 Comment »

In Bush's speech welcoming the Pope's arrival he made the following statement, We need your message to reject this dictatorship of relativism and embrace a culture of justice and truth. What exactly ... Read more..

More Hypocrisy from the Right

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008 Posted in Political Commentary | No Comments »

At first I was more concerned by the criticism from Hillary Clinton over Barack Obama's "bitter" remarks because as I pointed out before, you expect inane drivel from the right but ... Read more..

The Decline of the Middle Class

Monday, April 14th, 2008 Posted in Political Commentary | No Comments »

Op-ed columnist Paul Krugman's column today dealt with what he refers to as a "crises of confidence."  Citing a study from The Survey Research Center of the University of Michigan, ... Read more..

The Right Wing Noise Machine Wins Another Round

Sunday, April 13th, 2008 Posted in Political Commentary | No Comments »

Time after time the right has succeeded in framing the debate, whatever the debate, on their own terms and in their own language.  Whether it's accusations of being soft on ... Read more..

Should John Yoo Be Fired?

Saturday, April 12th, 2008 Posted in Political Commentary | No Comments »

Since the recent declassification of the John Woo torture memos, there has been a heated debate among academics and others as to whether John Woo should continue to hold his ... Read more..

What Blue Collar America Knows That The Media Doesn’t

Thursday, April 10th, 2008 Posted in Political Commentary | No Comments »

When Barack Obama visited a bowling alley in the Pennsylvania town of Altoona a couple of weeks ago and rolled a couple of gutter balls, the national media saw fit ... Read more..

Perpetually Wrong Pundits

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008 Posted in Political Commentary | No Comments »

In what seems like an endless parade, yet again one of our political class pundits shows how completely out of step he is with the prevailing American opinion.  Michael Gerson's ... Read more..

In the media’s defense?

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008 Posted in Political Commentary | No Comments »

        The other day I posted on the shameful behavior of our national media for reporting on the most trivial and unimportant matters while hardly mentioning the far more serious ... Read more..

McCain holds on to the delusion

Monday, April 7th, 2008 Posted in Political Commentary | No Comments »

        Like an unsinkable rubber duck, John McCain continues to insist that things are going just swell in Iraq, that real progress is being made and success is just around ... Read more..

Our shallow, vapid media

Sunday, April 6th, 2008 Posted in Political Commentary | 2 Comments »

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4Ad34-f0m0]         Thanks to the tireless efforts of our nation's news media we now know just exactly what type of bowler the leading Democratic candidate, Barack Obama, is.  In fact, the ... Read more..

What did Bush miss before 9/11?

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 Posted in Political Commentary | 2 Comments »

        Last Saturday, and again today, Glenn Greenwald brought to light a very interesting occurrence.  In a speech given in San Francisco, Attorney General Michael Mukasey, in a plea for ... Read more..

Al-Maliki tries to save face

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008 Posted in Political Commentary | No Comments »

        The Associated Press reported today that Iraqi soldiers "rolled through a Shiite militia stronghold in Basra" in what al-Sadr followers deemed as a violation of the agreement between the ... Read more..