During the 2008 presidential election campaign, the GOP hit plan on then Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama was simple. Pound him relentlessly as soft on the war on terrorism and the military. GOP presidents Reagan, Bush Sr., and especially George W. Bush in 2004 in his reelection fight with Democratic presidential foe Massachusetts Senator John [...]
Surely the death of Osama bin Laden is greater than what divides us at home; finally both left and right can together celebrate an American victory. Alas no. Petty peeves and polarized politics prevent us from coming together to celebrate a common triumph for all. In reacting to President Obama’s announcement, many of the leaders [...]
When it comes to Americans and presidential polls, foreign policy issues have played a notoriously diminished role. Midterm election results reportedly found that a mere eight percent of voters saw foreign policy as a voting issue, the lowest registration of international concerns since before 9/11. Still, with Egypt, Libya and North Korea dominating the international [...]
Sarah Palin just took to Twitter and Facebook to share her take on President Obama’s veto threat of a GOP stopgap funding bill, ongoing budget negotiations and a pending government shutdown, focusing on the impact it could have on the U.S. military. On Friday, she tweeted, “Memo to the President: Insurgents won’t stop & wait [...]
Clearly billionaire Donald Trump is enjoying all the attention he is receiving as he deliberates a run for the White House in 2012. But should he throw his hat into the ring he will not enjoy the scrutiny his political positions, extensive investments and personal life will receive. For sure, these are difficult times for [...]
If my town was a patient on a psychiatrist’s couch, it might be diagnosed with a split personality. That’s because Montclair, N.J., has cut some spending during this awful economic downturn while continuing to spend money on optional things. For instance, Montclair’s leaders nixed the idea of a community center but pushed for a $750,000 [...]
A is for Arianna and Tim Armstrong, who are changing the face of American journalism as AOL bets $315 million that HuffPost can help it compete in the brave new world of the Internet. Also, Al-Jazeera, which is changing the way the world sees the Arab world and the way the Arab world sees itself, [...]
I’d also like to take a moment to debunk the myth being widely spread by the corporate media that merely mentioning the Nazis in response to what’s currently going on in America is irresponsible and beyond the pale. That’s total nonsense and is in direct contradiction to another adage that states that a crazy person [...]
I’d seen the headlines but simply didn’t want to read the articles. You know the ones I mean? Where the Defense Department’s general counsel claims that Martin Luther King would have “understood” our need to invade and occupy other people’s countries, terrorize their citizens, and kill their children? What better way to commemorate this man [...]
I’d seen the headlines but simply didn’t want to read the articles. You know the ones I mean? Where the Defense Department’s general counsel claims that Martin Luther King would have “understood” our need to invade and occupy other people’s countries, terrorize their citizens, and kill their children? What better way to commemorate this man [...]
