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Monthly Archives: November 2008
Impressive First Day?
President-elect Obama had a revealing first day in public: Named a decidedly non-post-partisan Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel, who like Obama, is a product of Chicago politics. Because after all, nothing says ‘a different kind of politics’ than Chicago. Reversed … Continue reading
Freedom House
There is an organization out there that actually measures how free different countries are. Freedom House has been doing this work since 1972 and are strongly endorsed by the WSJ Editorial page, my personal measure of acceptability. This year, in … Continue reading
Do free markets corrode moral character?
My biggest concern about the fallout from the financial crisis–which lead to the Federal Rescue Plan–is whether the response to that will lead to over-regulation, i.e. trending towards the Rorschach-word of the day, socialism. The use of the ‘s’ word … Continue reading
My blog penance in Liberty City on Election Day
If done right, the Christian life is meant to be humbling. It calls for constant self-examination. I figured Election day was a perfect day to reexamine my views, specifically about our new president, which I find much to be concerned … Continue reading
Posted in 2TG Favorites, Catholic Faith & Inspiration, Current Affairs & History
Tagged Carol & Heidi, Politics
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What Can Get My Mind Off This Election?
The sports writing of Bill Simmons can do it. Sentences like those copied below give me, what I happily acknowledge to be, an inordinate amount of pleasure, even when they do not conjure up images of Christina Hendricks. If the … Continue reading
Posted in Sports
Tagged Bill Simmons, Christina Hendricks, Isiah Thomas, Mike D'Antoni, Wally Szczerbiak
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The Obama Bargain Revisited
Back in March, a WSJ article [based on a book] by Shelby Steele analyzed Barack Obama in a unique way. One particular sentence from the article captured something odd about the Obama, “bargainers [like Obama] are always laboring to stay … Continue reading
Jermain Taylor – local boxing
Miami Herald boxing article by Santos Perez on Jermain Taylor.————————————————————————————–Taylor ponders return to middleweight Posted on Mon, Nov. 03, 2008 BY SANTOS A. PEREZ An ease in weight reduction under familiar surroundings suddenly has intrigued Jermain Taylor about a possible … Continue reading
Dem Rep Nadler: ‘Obama Lacks Political Courage’
In the real world–not the campaign world, where intentionally misleading responses are tolerated [i.e. Obama’s age at the time of the Ayers bombings is given, when the question of why he would associate with an unrepentant terrorist clearly has nothing … Continue reading
Electoral Map: McCain Needs Pennsylvania
As per Karl Rove’s electoral map, even with McCain getting all the toss-up and close states in which Obama has not broken 50%, the only path to victory for McCain has to include Pennsylvania. On the never say die part … Continue reading
Elections and All Souls Day
Believe it or not, there is a connection. The reason we vote on a Tuesday instead of a Monday was that prior to the 20th century, trips to vote could take up an entire day and people would begin those … Continue reading
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