When I first came across President Obama’s thorny Dijon mustard “scandal”, I thought it was a joke. I figured it had to be one of those fake articles from The Onion, or at least a premise for a Terry Pratchett novel. But no, my friends. There is a calamity befalling us. Americans are faced with […]
Is anyone really surprised that the Fox network has stated that it will not air President Obama’s press conference on Wednesday 29th, but will air an episode of Lie To Me instead? There’s an irony-tinged joke in there somewhere, but I’m too polite to go for it. Write your own jokes. Fox makes it easy. […]
I wanted to congratulate President Barack Obama on the occasion of his inauguration as the 44th president of the United States of America. It is my hope that he can fulfill the promise and hope that so many Americans have hung upon his Administration. Today, there is a sense of belonging that has been expressed […]
The Republicans are so screwed. You would think that after their stunning losses in the last election some soul-searching might have been in order for the Republican party. But since the election, Sarah Palin has become the de facto face of the party. To my mind, that was the first sign that introspection is not […]
Ever since Barack Obama first declared his presidential candidacy, there has been a rumbling from the Far Right claiming that he is not an American citizen, or, more specifically, that Obama is not a “natural born” citizen, which they take to mean that he was not born on American soil. One anti-tax advocate from upstate […]
