Category Archives: Current Affairs & History

Personal Judgement About Presidential Qualifications

Posted on September 1, 2008 by Jorge Costales

I was watching a focus group on CSPAN – sponsored by AARP and conducted by Frank Luntz. I catch these now and then; I find them interesting and maddening. One ‘undecided’ was asked why Palin’s lack of experience was more … Continue reading →

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McCain gets in the game with Sarah Palin

Posted on August 30, 2008 by Jorge Costales

The game is practicing identity politics. For the past year the Clinton’s, Biden and McCain have been making the case that Obama does not have the experience to be president. Despite the evidence and criticism, Obama won his party’s nomination … Continue reading →

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Spies in our Opinion section

Posted on August 27, 2008 by Jorge Costales

A Cuban spy who is an FIU professor and an editorial page contributor to the Miami Herald sounds Tom Clancy-ish. But unfortunately, it apparently belongs in the non-fiction section. The scenario is laid out in detail on a post from … Continue reading →

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Ayers today, gone tomorrow?

Posted on August 26, 2008 by Jorge Costales

Barack Obama is making Dan Uggla’s slump look mild. His steady decline in the polls culminated today, on the second day of his Convention, to show him dropping behind McCain [by 2 points], for the first time since March. That’s … Continue reading →

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Just one please, just one right-wing priest

Posted on August 21, 2008 by Jorge Costales

The Economist reported on a papal dispensation and then profiled Paraguay’s new leader, Fernando Lugo: But it will not be easy for Mr Lugo. He is a former missionary who embraced a school of theology that blended Marx with St … Continue reading →

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Rove Electoral Map — August 2008 — Obama +66

Posted on August 20, 2008 by Jorge Costales

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They eat their own PhD’s – A PC tale

Posted on August 5, 2008 by Jorge Costales

Be afraid, be very afraid. If there was a cheesy documentary made about the side effects of political correctness, that’s your opening voice-over. What’s sobering about the person whose plight I highlight is that he was one of, if not … Continue reading →

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Pat Buchanan’s isolationism

Posted on August 1, 2008 by Jorge Costales

Pat Buchanan is pitching isolationism and I don’t buy it. The beginning of the column comes from a book he just wrote which argues that the 2 World Wars were unnecessary – as he believes that Iraq was – he … Continue reading →

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Keep the Busses Coming

Posted on July 31, 2008 by Jorge Costales

Sen. Obama just keeps throwing people & positions under them. A few years ago, the NBA had a video ad campaign showing players wooing the Championship trophy. I thought of that image and it morphed into an Obama secularly-kneeling before … Continue reading →

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Name One, I Dare You

Posted on July 9, 2008 by Jorge Costales

When Ted Kennedy first ran for the Senate in 1962, his opponent in the Democratic primary [the equivalent of a general election in MA] – Edward McCormack, state attorney general of Massachusetts and nephew of House Speaker John McCormack [not … Continue reading →

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