September 18, 2012
Fuzzy Math
Mitt Romney may have a been a financial genius when he was a Bain Capitol, but as a politician, he is suffering from fuzzy math syndrome. And if he wants to win this election, he better get his head on...
September 17, 2012
Obama is Not Working
All hell is breaking out in the Middle East and in North Africa. Israel is preparing to go to war with Iran. China and Japan are at the brink of war. Unemployment is above 8 percent. The Federal Reserve is...
September 14, 2012
Love and Respect
The Muslim world was supposed to love Barack Obama. Obama supposedly understood Islam better than any Republican because his father was Muslim. Obama had a more balanced view of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He gave his first big international speech in...
September 13, 2012
The Fog of War
Despite the best efforts of the Romney campaign, this election isn’t going to only be about the economy. If it were, Romney would be winning in a landslide. Other things keep intruding. Todd Akin’s comments on “legitimate” rape. Romney’...
September 12, 2012
The Security State
I wonder how it felt on Dec. 7, 1952. Back then, the American people liked Ike enough to vote him in as president. Eleven years after the Pearl Harbor attacks, the United States had endured a painful Second World War...
September 12, 2012
Harbinger or anomaly?
Was the presidential election of 2008 a harbinger of things to come, or a historical anomaly? The election of 2012 will answer that question once and for all. Barack Obama made all kinds of history when he won in 2008....