Tag: Barack Obama

Slow Dancing with Death

Slow Dancing with Death

This is, as the alcoholics refer to it, a moment of clarity. From now on, Barack Obama’s Democrats cannot complain when we refer to them …

 

The Scene at Saddleback

The Scene at Saddleback

>> A quick post on Obama v. McCain at Saddleback: the initial reports confirm my feeling that McCain was surprisingly good, and Obama performed very …

 

The Lo-Jack Superdelegate

The Lo-Jack Superdelegate

>> Mary Ann Akers posts this inspiring news: Detroit’s embattled mayor, Kwame Kilpatrick, a superdelegate to the Democratic National Convention, is holding out the possibility that …

 

Obama’s Anti-Woman Taxation is Enough to Make Anyone Blue

Obama’s Anti-Woman Taxation is Enough to Make Anyone Blue

>> A quick aside on Barack Obama’s new tax plan, as described by Obama advisors Austan Goolsbee and Jason Furman, which is purportedly in response …

 

I am the One I have been Waiting For

I am the One I have been Waiting For

Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart; for his purity, by definition, is unassailable. James Baldwin President-elect Barack Obama’s busy schedule yesterday …

 

Oped: Evolving Standards of Politics

Oped: Evolving Standards of Politics

My most recent oped over at the Washington Times concerns Barack Obama’s rapid political evolution on the issues of gun rights and the death penalty. …

 

Other Things that Shock Scarlett Johansson

Other Things that Shock Scarlett Johansson

Scarlett Johansson is surprised that Barack Obama responds to her emails. As the Politico reports: Johansson is somewhat shocked that he keeps up their back-and-forth …

 

Of Fonts and Presidents

Of Fonts and Presidents

This little icanhas-friendly banner was inspired by the announcement yesterday by the McCain campaign that you can create, for a mere $250, a banner expressing …

 

Barack Obama vs. Video Games

Barack Obama vs. Video Games

For a presidential candidate who has based so much of his message on an appeal to a new generation of voters thirsty for hope and …

 

Why Puerto Rico Matters

Why Puerto Rico Matters

Bill Clinton’s recent trip to Puerto Rico wasn’t just an excuse to tempt the recalcitrant would-be First Husband away from the mainland cameras with the …