When To Stop Blaming Bush?
Short Answer: A long time from now.
I was thinking about just this topic this week given all of the acrimony about the Afghan war and various other topics. When do we draw the line between what W did wrong and did not do properly and where we start taking responsibility? Apparently, good ol’ Jack Cafferty [...]
Obama and the Nobel Peace Prize
I woke up this morning to the news that President Barack Obama has won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize:
The Norwegian Nobel Committee said it honored Obama for his “extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.”
Now it’s no small feat to be elected the first African American president of the good ol’ U.S., [...]
The Death of the American Automaker: The Big 3 Minus 2
Today’s news of GM’s filing for bankruptcy surprised no one, least of all the hundreds of thousands of people employed by GM and its subsidiaries. This news has been simmering for awhile and in the past few weeks the question quickly turned from “if” to “when”. Now that the day is here, news of the [...]
Justice Sotomayor, I Presume?
Word came early this morning that Obama had made his pick to replace Justice Souter on the Supreme Court. That pick–Judge Sonia Sotomayor–appears to come in the form of a female (only the third to ever hold a spot on the bench, if confirmed) and a Latina (only the first to hold a spot on [...]
Newt Gingrich’s Newfound Morality and Nancy Pelosi
The question of whether Nancy Pelosi was ever “briefed” about waterboarding and other extreme interrogation techniques long ago is definitely an important one. But for Newt Gingrich, it just sets up another situation where he can revive his old trash-talking ways for a GOP that has lost balance and without leadership.
The King of All Things [...]
Come on, Barack
Apparently Barack Obama is not a fan of Linda Bacon’s “Health At Every Size.” In his quest to get stakeholders to agree on things before laying out a comprehensive health care plan (a method which might work with mixed results), Obama plays right into the hands of size-hating fools everywhere:
“Employers are discovering that improving quality [...]
Reasons I’m Happy To Pay My Taxes
With all of these conservative nut jobs running a muck today and teabagging everything in sight (without any thought to the negative connotation of that term, no less), I thought it wise to wax poetic about the reasons I’m perfectly happy to pay my fair share.
Roads. They’re lovely to drive on. They’re even better when [...]
Wouldn’t it be nice…
…to have a president who thinks before he speaks? After eight years of having one that doesn’t even think regardless of whether it’s before or after speaking, I think we can all agree that it’s a refreshing change.
(Go to 3:52 for the good stuff)
Sources Say Former Washington Governor Gary Locke to be Obama’s Next Commerce Pick
Do we finally have a candidate that will stick? Sources all over the internet are reporting that former Washington governor, Gary Locke will be Obama’s (next) pick for the Secretary of Commerce gig. Locke is well known for being the first Chinese-American governor in U.S. history. His old website from his gubanatorial days gives a [...]
Does Anyone Want to be Secretary of Commerce?
Secretary of Commerce nominee and Senator Judd Gregg recused himself from voting on or debating about the stimulus package this week. This raised a fury of questions from every direction about Gregg’s decision:
Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond School of Law, said yesterday that he understood that Gregg wanted to avoid casting [...]
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