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The Legacy of the Obama Phenomenon

Saturday, May 10th, 2008

Win or lose in November, this Associated Press piece raises some interesting questions about the meaning of the Obama phenomenon: The entire nation and countless foreigners are absorbing a moment that had seemed decades away, if possible at all. Smart strategists and rank-and-file voters ponder how Obama rose so far so ...

Free Speech and Other Evolutionary Tales

Friday, April 18th, 2008

As you probably know, a recommendation in contemporary socialization calls for an absence of political and religious chatter, as it is usually leads to severe disagreements. While there are issues that can be independently placed within either political or religious categories, some issues – like evolution and abortion – are ...

McCain Schools Democratic “Bullies” (Yet Again)

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

The political spectrum has truly transformed. At the end of 2006, Grandma Pelosi and company took the Congress “back” and the media hoopla that followed bordered on insanity. As events preceding this “monumental” (and by “monumental” I mean an entirely typical and commonplace shift in party control that the Democrats ...

Treasonous Protestors Unleashed

Sunday, February 17th, 2008

In a show of what appeared to be total and utter treason, the city of Berkeley told Marine recruiters that they wanted them to close up shop: Berkeley, the famously liberal college town in California, has taken aim at Marine recruiters, saying they are "not welcome in our city." Republican lawmakers ...

The Wing Has Lost Its Nuts (And Bolts), Indeed

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

The American ultra-left has an array of despicable tendencies.  And while I would be elated to provide an alphabetical list of the damaging ideals held by this portion of society, I will compose myself and limit my rant to one attribute: The ultra-left’s unwillingness to back the American government – ...

Will The Dems Snatch Defeat From The Jaws of Victory…AGAIN?

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

The disastrous Bush administration and the deep unpopularity of Republicans have given the Democrats a golden opportunity to capture the White House. So it’s particularly frustrating (and frightening) to see the leading Democratic candidates fighting with each other and perhaps inflicting irreparable damage on the party’s chances of winning in November. Senators ...