Category: Politics & World Affairs
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I was determined that my next post will not be about politics, at least not the toxic discourse that is currently passing for politics in the Democratic Party, in countless sound bites on TV News, alarmist comments by pundits and sniping among the candidates and their supporters. But Bill Clinton has spoken again and when…
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Today marks the fifth anniversary of the launch of the Iraq war. After nearly 4000 US soldiers dead, thousands more injured, countless Iraqis dead, disabled and displaced and Iraqi democracy a distant dream, Slate magazine asked some liberal hawks who supported the Iraqi invasion in the beginning but have changed their minds since, to explain…
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As I indicated in my last post I am worried about Barack Obama’s presidential campaign being derailed by the rhetoric of others close to him. I believe that Obama, a man of mixed racial heritage from a multi-racial (black, white, Asian) family has the perspective and the attitude to unite Americans, especially the younger generation,…
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Stanley Fish thinks that there is no ethical concern relating to the superdelegates — they should not stand on principles, because principles are not in play. Essentially, Fish’s position is that superdelegates should vote however they want because them’s the rules. He’s absolutely right to note that "when the group NoSuperDelegates urges the DNC ‘to…
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Senator Barack Obama’s presidential campaign is in a tailspin. Ever since the fiery anti-white and as some will say, anti-America sermons of his long time pastor Jeremiah Wright were posted on You Tube, non-black voters have begun to look at Obama with some discomfort. Pastor Wright’s angry rhetoric combined with Michelle Obama’s comment earlier, will…
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George W. Bush was recently briefed on the situation in Afghanistan. After being informed of the challenges during a video conference, Bush told soldiers on the Afghan front that he is envious of them! WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President George W. Bush got an earful on Thursday about problems and progress in Afghanistan where a…
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One of the children shown in Hillary Clinton’s 3am phone call campaign ad thinks that it should be Barack Obama.
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Taking a break for lunch. Will go back to the precinct in an hour. A quick post to let you know why Hillary Clinton might pull it off in today’s Texas primary. The polls show that the race here is tight as a drum but a bit of right wing mischief may tilt the balance…
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Everything in Texas is big. Also a bit dangerous … and complicated. As Bill Clinton recently reminded voters here, "Texas is the only place in America where you can vote twice in the same election without going to jail." How does that work? Here is a primer. (or if you’d rather, watch this video for…
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Let us take a break from Democratic politics and talk a little about a man we have neglected for a while – George W. Bush; to him we owe numerous blog posts inspired by almost equal measures of terror, horror and entertainment. Jacob Weisberg, editor of Slate and the author of a new book The…
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Sometimes the most interesting conversations between A.B. bloggers take place behind the scenes – in e-mail threads. Occasionally some of them make it to the pages of the blog as posts and at other times not. Over the weekend, I had forwarded a couple of articles in mainstream publications to my fellow authors. Dean and…
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Dignitaries on visits to foreign countries donning local garb is not a new thing. They do it to show respect and solidarity with their hosts. A picture of Senator Obama in traditional Somali dress was published recently and has caused a bit of a stir. Matt Drudge of the Drudge Report who first published the picture,…
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