The Politics of Hate

I’ve written about this subject a few times, but given the recent spate of hate stories in the media and others written about by bloggers, it seems apropos to speak out on this subject again.
I’d like to say I really don’t understand racists and xenophobes. Unfortunately, I do. Psychologists says these people have such [...]

Sarah Palin to write a book?

According to today’s news, a Rupert Murdock publisher in England – Murdock owns Fox News – is reportedly discussing the option of having Ms. Palin write a book for them.
Great heavens, what has the world of book publishing become? For the life of me, I cannot imagine what Palin could or would write that [...]

Israel blockades UN food shipments to Gaza

All afternoon I’ve been playing around with the idea of writing about this latest story in the Washington Post.
Again, I’m having trouble with it. You see, I just don’t like the idea of children going hungry. I don’t care who’s children they are. Children are children, and they should never [...]

The Big Three: Bailout or Bankruptcy?

I’ve been thinking about this issue for as long as it’s been in the news. Maybe longer – ever since Obama said he wanted help the auto makers retool as a way to create greener cars and keep jobs in this country that couldn’t be outsourced.
I have very mixed thoughts on this [...]

What went wrong on Wall St.

In the most illuminating article I’ve read on the Wall Street meltdown, Michael Lewis in this month’s Portfolio.com discusses what he learned about the products and policies that led not only to the meltdown of Wall Street as well as the destruction of the investment banking industry.
Michael Lewis, author of Liar’s Poker, writes [...]

TARP as we’re learning….

Okay, I’m one of those who publically expressed my favor for passing TARP. But I expected, given the public written and verbal display on TARP, a few things in doing so:
1) that banks receiving the money would spend it to open the credit markets, i.e. lend money to open the credit markets. [...]

I love “West Wing”

Yes. Whenever an episode of the highly intelligent show is replayed, I watch it even though I’ve seen every episode many times. MSNBC political contributor Lawrence O’Donnell was the Executive Producer of this show. David Axelrod, Obama’s chief adviser, helped write many of the last season’s shows in which a Democratic Congressional [...]

Obama outlines government reform plan

In an article published today in Federal Times, Gregg Carlstrom writes:

President-elect Barack Obama has already laid out a comprehensive set of government reform plans, including major changes to the Bush administration’s Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART), sweeping ethics reform and a new approach toward financial regulation.
Obama laid out his plans in an 11-page memo released [...]

The euphoria has yet to wear off….

I’m really tired tonight. I stayed up very late to watch everything about the election, including the Charlie Rose show. I got up early this morning to review all the foreign press. Now I’m just worn out but still elated.
I am so proud of my country today. I never [...]

87% of audience votes “no” for McCain

In an article written for the Washington Post’s PostGlobal section, Mona Eltaway writes that when the Doha Debates audience was asked who they preferred for the U.S. Presidency, “The result was a resounding ‘no’ for Sen. John McCain.”
According to Ms. Eltaway’s article, 87 percent of the audience voted against the motion “This House believes the [...]