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Category Archives: Obama as Lincoln
Those Who Wait and Those Who Don’t
The middle of a long holiday weekend is when there is no big news in the world. And that goes double when the holiday is Labor Day and the day is Sunday. The Saturday college football games have been played, … Continue reading
Posted in Obama as Lincoln, Obama as Messiah, Obama Disappoints the Left, Obama Needs to Step Up, Republican Obstructionism, Republican Sabotage, Republicans – Party of the South
Tagged Double Indemnity, Fed Up with Republicans, Labor Day Weekend, Leaving the Republican Cult, Left Angry with Obama, Maureen Dowd Attacks Obama, Mike Lofgren, Obama Flailing, Obama Loses His Base, Party of the South, Republican Defections, Republican Effort to Destroy Government, Republican Insurrection, Romney and the Tea Party, Romney Panders, Slow News Day, Undermining Americans' Belief In Their Own Institutions, Undermining Democracy Itself, Waiting for Godot
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The Teacher’s Dilemma
Some things stay with you. It was June 1981 – so long ago it might have been the birth of today’s world, kind of like the Big Bang or something. That was the year IBM introduced the first IBM PC … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Obama as FDR, Obama as Lincoln, Obama Changing Little, Teaching
Tagged Always the Teacher's Fault, Assessing Obama, Disappointed in Obama, Leaving Teaching, Obama Pays Off Special Interests, Obama's Failure, Obama's Obvious Success, Special Interest, State-Aid Jobs Bill, Teachers a Special Interest Group, Teachers Unions, Teaching, The Teacher's Dilemma
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Feels Like Civil War Brewing Again
Perhaps it was inevitable. We had that Civil War almost one hundred forty years ago, and, if you’ve ever lived in the South, you know they’re not happy with how that one turned out – people still mutter that the … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War Brewing Again, Obama as Lincoln, Obama's State of the Union Speech, Republican Opposition to Stimulus Package, Republican Party Becomes Regional, Republicans – Party of the South, Republicans in the Wilderness, Republicans Purge the Intellectuals, Republicans Regroup, Republicans Reject Cooperation
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Possible Better Angels
Much has been made of the change in Washington. A friend, a highly-respected attorney, who knows more about securities law than is healthy for any sane person, just returned from a weekend there, saying the city just felt different. You … Continue reading
Riding the Train Between the Past and the Future
The Saturday before the inauguration of Barack Obama was a news hole – you reported on the anticipation of the event, and on that amazingly inspirational train trip (more than one hundred fifty photos here), but not on the event, … Continue reading
How Did It Come To This?
It happens every December – suddenly it’s Christmas, and then it’s not, and the year is ending. That means it’s time for the retrospectives – all that looking back stuff, looking at the year gone by to try to figure … Continue reading
Reasonable Vengeance
So, December opened with more news of who will be running things come January 20 – Obama introduced his national security team. Hillary Clinton will be Secretary of State, Bob Gates will stay on at Defense – it was all … Continue reading