A Funny Thing Happened When I Posted in a Forum…
Saturday, July 25th, 2009 Posted in Current Events, News, Politics, Race | 6 Comments »I am still puzzled, and a bit saddened by the fallout from President Obama's answer to a question concerning the arrest of Prof. Henry Gates. The blogosphere is ablaze with virulent anti-Obama invective. Yesterday I wrote an essay detailing my perspective ...
It may not be racial profiling; but being arrested in your own home is more than a little suspect.
Friday, July 24th, 2009 Posted in Current Events, News, Politics, Race | 5 Comments »If you have ever been dealt with in a condescending way by an “authority figure” you can probably understand how Prof. Henry Louis "Skip" Gates felt when he was arrested at his home in Cambridge, Mass., last week. President Obama, in response to ...
Everybody out of the Pool! Oh, wait a minute…
Sunday, July 12th, 2009 Posted in Current Events, News, Politics, Race | 3 Comments »By now you have probably heard of the incident at the country club near Philadelphia where a group of predominantly black and hispanic kids was booted from the club's pool even though their camp had rented access for the summer. ...
“She wasn’t thoughtful enough to know she wasn’t thoughtful enough.”
Sunday, July 12th, 2009 Posted in Current Events, News, Politics | No Comments »Peggy Noonan of the Wall Street Journal, can certainly turn a phrase. However, she outdid herself this weekend! My fave quote of her article is also my favorite quote of the week: "She wasn't thoughtful enough to know she wasn't ...
Scandals and Justice? Not in DC.
Sunday, July 12th, 2009 Posted in Current Events, News, Politics | 2 Comments »IN the July 11 edition of Politico.com, Abby Phillip posted "The people who benefit from scandals" and wrote about the people who make out well as a result of political sex scandals, such as the cases of Bill Clinton, Eliot Spitzer, ...
Michael Jackson
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009 Posted in Current Events, News, Politics | 4 Comments »Michael Jackson and I were nearly the same age; both of us were to turn fifty-one this summer. I made it. From age ten through twenty-one years old, Michael Jackson was an integral part of my life: much to my dismay ...
Obama Channels “The Bard” and Henry V.
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 Posted in Current Events, News, Politics | No Comments »"That must be the starting point for every debate we have in the coming months and where we return after those debates are done. That is the foundation on which the American people expect us to build common ground. And if ...
Obama and the Birth of the Cool.
Tuesday, January 20th, 2009 Posted in Current Events, News, Politics | No Comments »Obama held the hearts, minds and souls of hundreds of thousands in the palm of his hand during his speech this afternoon. While most were waiting for soaring rhetoric, Obama spoke of humility and strength. He spoke of inclusion and ...
http://www.whitehouse.gov/
Tuesday, January 20th, 2009 Posted in Current Events, News, Politics, Technology | No Comments »Check it out!
Amazing! Simply Amazing!
Tuesday, January 20th, 2009 Posted in Current Events, News, Politics | No Comments »To quote the late Tim Russert, "What a country!"