Archive for November, 2008
Obama’s confidence-rating: High, steady
by Mark Silva
Perhaps it is the alacrity with which President-elect Barack Obama has set about assembling a Cabinet and army of advisers – an economic team named this week, defense coming next week.
Or perhaps it is the expertise of the nominees – with a “towering” economic team that includes the six-foot-seven Paul Volcker, and a [...]
Governing from Center Left or Center Right
Americans are finally experiencing rational government. As the Obama transition progresses we watch, with hope and with fear. The troubled world is scary and important decisions are at hand. Nearly every day there is a headline in the news about the transition. One day the media reports a ‘center-left’ process. The next day another headline [...]
29Nov2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 0 comments | Continued
Mumbai – Terrorist or Criminal?
The terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, are astonishing. Groups of armed men spread out in the city and began wantonly shooting people. The reports of fatalities are growing, and injuries are reported as over 1000 people. Hostages have been taken, demands of the release of criminals from legal custody made. One television reporter asked her [...]
27Nov2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 3 comments | Continued
President-elect: ‘You can call me Barack’
Posted November 26, 2008 5:15 PM
Veronica Lewis bows for President-elect Barack Obama, and his family, from left, Michelle Obama, daughters Sasha, 7, (hidden) Malia, 10, distributing Thanksgiving turkeys at the food bank at St. Columbanus Catholic Church on the South Side of Chicago today. (AP Photo by Pablo Martinez
by Mark Silva
On the eve of [...]
Happy Thanksgiving: Charity shrinking
by William Neikirk
Happy holidays, folks, and here’s some news. Citing the economic crisis, corporate America is cutting back on its charitable giving because of the economic crisis.
The Wall Street Journal told us so on Tuesday. The publication is superior in reflecting board-room sentiment across America. But valuable inferences can be gathered from this story. And [...]
Thanksgiving Camp David-style
by Mark Silva
Free-Range Roast Turkey.
Cornbread Dressing.
Cranberry Sauce.
Sautéed Green Beans
Morelia Style Gazpacho with Spinach Salad.
It’s the Gazpacho that gives it away: These are the fixin’s for the Thanksgiving table today at Camp David, where President Bush has retreated with his family for the holiday. An overcast, wintry pall settled over the capital, but up in the [...]
Obama Volunteers at a Chicago Food Bank
President-elect Barack Obama, center, his wife Michelle Obama, left, and daughter Malia, 10, center, greet people at a food bank at St. Columbanus Catholic Church on the South Side of Chicago, Nov. 26, 2008. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Associated Press)
Tom DeFrank of the New York Daily News was today’s pool reporter covering Barack Obama’s visit to a [...]
Obama Transition Statement on Terrorist Attacks in Mumbai
Onlookers stand at the site of a bomb blast in Mumbai Nov. 26, 2008. (Reuters)
Obama Transition chief national security spokesperson Brooke Anderson condemned the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, on behalf of the president-elect, saying:
President-Elect Obama strongly condemns today’s terrorist attacks in Mumbai, and his thoughts and prayers are with the victims, their families, and [...]
Obama’s Speechwriter Moves to the White House
By Jeff Zeleny
Barack Obama’s Chief Speech Writer at work on his victory speech for the New Hampshire primary election in a hotel lobby. (Jacob Silberberg for The New York Times)
CHICAGO – President-elect Barack Obama’s wordsmith is moving to the West Wing.
In his latest round of White House staff announcements, Mr. Obama said Wednesday [...]
Feminism and The Three Arguments Against Gay Marriage
By Michael Scherer
Arguments against gay marriage tend to fall into three broad categories: it is a threat to tradition (the idea is historically not sanctioned; the bible does not approve); it is a threat to children (kids will learn about homosexuality in school, confuse gender roles, or even become gay themselves); and it is a [...]
Barack Obama’s Leadership Paradox
Barack Obama has assumed the Presidency. Might we say he has transcended the transition? He will not take the oath of office until January 20, 2009 – but Barack Obama is the President in everything but title. Obama has assumed the leadership role in America and around the world. And the paradox of Obama centers [...]
26Nov2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 2 comments | Continued
The Poverty Inoculation – Gratitude
This economy was beginning to make me sick. My stock portfolio has lost half of the value. Dividends are now 5% of $10 instead of 5% of $20 – so my income is shredded. The identification thieves skip my trash can – there is nothing left to steal. The illness was creeping into my neurological [...]
24Nov2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 1 comment | Continued
The Value in Hunting
Every year folks from all walks of life participate in hunting. From the poorest redneck to the high brow elite, young and old, men and women all enjoy hunting. Some are strictly trophy hunters only going for the big buck, tom turkey or whatever their fancy. Some of us hunt for the combined thrill and [...]
24Nov2008 | Cole James | 0 comments | Continued
The Meaning of Jihad in Islam
By Ali Gomaa
Within Islam the term jihad refers to a large category of meanings. Today, however, there are attempts to isolate this term to only one form of jihad to the exclusion of all others. This includes a conception of jihad that at best refers only to armed struggle, and at worst to a barbaric [...]
Can the Obamas Choose a Church? Will We Let Them?
By David Waters
As everyone knows by now, the Obamas are between church homes. That’s a difficult place for any churchgoing family, but especially one that has become the focus of the fears and hopes of the entire world. Finding a new church won’t get any easier now that they’re moving into the White House.
I can’t [...]
Fix Pick: Brooks on the Transition
New York Times columnist David Brooks is reassured by the people with whom President-elect Obama has chosen to surround himself. (By Linda Davidson — The Washington Post)
Amid the chaos of Cabinet picks and the whirl of White House staff announcements over the past week, it’s easy to lose sight of the big picture.
That big [...]
The Saturday Word: Obama Aims for 2.5 Million Jobs
By Sarah Wheaton
In his weekly address for broadcast today, President-elect Barack Obama announced his intention to create 2.5 million new jobs by January 2011.
“There are no quick or easy fixes to this crisis, which has been many years in the making, and it’s likely to get worse before it gets better,” he said. “But [...]
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White is 'almost' the best because one cannot be the best until the sport is more than four Olympics old. 
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Think you have Patrick Henry confused with Nathan Hale.
Thank You Joe - you are correct. The post has been ...