President Obama’s second speech better delivered than any president since Reagan
It started cold and sharp. Overcast with breaks in the clouds. Then after the formal swearing in, the clouds magically
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Belfast Burns – Yet Again
Friday, Jan. 11 marked a bizarre but fitting anniversary in my native Belfast City back in Northern Ireland. It marked
Read moreState of the Nation: Dollars for Defense
Former Sen. Chick Hagel knows that when he is confirmed as the next secretary of defense he will have to
Read morePaul Ryan for 2016 means Joe Biden landslide
The GOP already is in denial. The False Prophets of the fat-cat Washington think tanks and the conservative talk show
Read moreThe Race: Obama won, get over it and here’s how he did it
The polls were right: Too close to call. But it went the president’s way in the end. Two weeks ago,
Read moreThe Race: Will Frankenstorm vote Republican?
The question sounds ridiculous but it is a surprisingly substantive one: Major national disasters or exceptional storms often cause profound
Read moreThe Race: President Obama is going to lose the White House
Presidential Debate No. 3 did not have any of the hard-hitting exchanges or lop-sided shoot-outs that the first two did.
Read moreThe Race: President Obama scores a knockout; Down goes Romney, Down goes Romney
What a campaign – when did we last see anything like it? First Mitt Romney spent a month blowing what
Read moreThe Race: Paul Ryan expsosed as ‘shoot-from-the-hip ignormamus’
What a season for presidential debates – There’s been nothing like it since Lincoln and Douglas. The first two debates
Read moreThe Race: America had a business president in George Bush; Do we really need another?
In the past 100 years, only four professional businessmen have won the presidency. All of them touted their business experience.
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