President Barack Obama cited national security interests, foreign policy interests and the interests of justice when he announced 23 months ago he would close the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility within 12 months. Despite more than 140 mentions of GITMO on the White House web site since then, the facility remains open. To celebrate that, I [...]
GITMO Remains Open Despite Obama Efforts
December 27th, 2010 · No Comments
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The Answer to Life, The Universe and Everything
December 11th, 2010 · 2 Comments
By Doug Edelman, Guest Blogger Fans of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy will recognize the phrase, and will state that the answer is “Forty Two.” But when considering today’s economic and political atmosphere, I have another answer: 1) The economy is NOT a zero-sum game. You don’t deprive someone else by becoming successful yourself. [...]
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U.S. Mint Releases Yet Another New Penny Design
February 19th, 2010 · No Comments
Have you seen the new 2010 penny, both sides of which are shown below? It comes barely a year after I informed readers of this blog about four new Lincoln pennies that would compete with seven Barack Obama coins. The new one-cent coin, according to the U.S. Mint’s web site, continues to bear the familiar [...]
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Top 10 Editorial Cartoons of 2009 – Part Two
December 26th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Thanks to contributors David Donar at Political Graffiti, Curtis D. Tucker at Curtoons.com and “Michael” at the now-defunct My Personal Litmus blog, I was able to share a great number of fantastic editorial cartoons. Below, I share the second five of my Top 10 favorites of 2009 in no particular order. Click on any image [...]
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Obama Employs Name-Dropping Tactic
September 22nd, 2009 · 1 Comment
Recently (here and here), I’ve noted President Barack Obama inclination toward dropping the names of some of his predecessors — including Presidents Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan — into interviews with members of the news media. Because I fully expect the president to continue this practice until his current [...]
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Obama Hints at Fairness Doctrine on Sunday Shows
September 20th, 2009 · 5 Comments
Brace yourselves, conservatives: While President Barack Obama used his appearances on the Sunday talk shows to push for government-run health care, he also fired what could be considered an Oval Office “missile” aimed squarely at conservative talk radio. During a poignant segment of his interview the president that was broadcast on FACE the NATION this [...]
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On Slavery, Presidents Share Nothing in Common
April 5th, 2009 · 11 Comments
Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Barack Obama share several things in common: Both were lawyers; both served in the Illinois legislature; and both were elected president of the United States. When it comes to the issue of slavery, however, the men share nothing in common. While President Lincoln worked hard to earn a place in modern [...]
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