Month: August 2011

Good News for Obama

The AFL-CIO hates him, they really, really do: Richard Trumka, president of union giant AFL-CIO, delivered a scathing review of President Barack Obama at a press breakfast Thursday morning. He accused him of abandoning...

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We’re About to Get It

A couple of days ago the East Coast experienced the biggest earthquake of my lifetime. As for hurricanes, in the Mid-Atlantic region where I have lived most of my life, we don’t get direct hits. We sometimes face tropical...

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A Look At the GOP Nominating Process

I’m a little frustrated that the calendar of Republican primaries and caucuses is still so uncertain. It makes it impossible to try to game out how the nominating contest might unfold. I like Nate Silver’s piece on...

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This Made Me Feel Good

I think this is so cool. I just know it will make Rush Limbaugh’s head explode. It must be a defilement of the White House, right? Worse, even, than planting a vegetable garden or taking off your shoes and enjoying snacks...

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