Uneducated and Poor

The question is how would you describe Afghanistan today, and how would you describe it next year? Try uneducated and poor. To be very clear, I am not saying dumb or lacking in intelligence. I am simply saying that most Afghans are uneducated and those who could make a difference are principally concerned with how [...]

The Great Revelation

Yesterday the White House released news about nothing. The release satisfied the shark appetites of the news media who, to be honest, are tired of reporting on the BP disaster which they know nothing about. The shortcomings of people is a different story.  So as the sunset on Washington DC, American learned that former President [...]

BP – Katrina

There are many who are drawing comparisons between George W Bush’s debacle in the response to Hurricane Katrina, and President Obama’s handling of the on-going BP oil disaster.  The BP incident appears to have been a serious of human errors which lead to an inadequate safety culture and outright misjudgements in the drilling and start-up [...]

North America

In Europe there is a strong desire in all the member countries to remain independent, and in clear terms, retain their historic identity. Former colonial ties and guest worker programs have left most countries with at least one non-ethnic group as a minority, but these countries work hard to keep any other minorities out. What [...]

Leadership?

The question of the week is how does a President coordinate the legislative activities of a co-equal branch of government (Congress), and especially when each member of the House or Senate is deeply concerned with raising money for his or her next election? In today’s papers there is another report of President Obama meeting with [...]

Like a Top

In an interview with Philadelphia Inquirer reporter, Thomas Fitzgerald, former Senator Rick Santorum called Congressman Joe Sestak a “loose cannon”. I wonder who helped Santorum, otherwise a bland and intellectually unimpressive conservative individual, think of such a play on words? Sestak who spent his first career in the Navy, rising to the rank of 4 [...]

Stuck in a Groove

The media is consistent if not always relevant. Today the record is stuck in the Gulf oil drilling disaster. What are the lessons that are emerging? The more skillful politicians are telling us that we must wait until the true causes are established. The Louisiana fisherman and tourist industry owners are demanding assurances that they [...]

The Virtue of the Center

President Obama continues to be criticized for being too liberal, some even say a socialist. Left leaning progressives say just the opposite and decry Obama’s avoidance of core progressive causes. Why is it that most people see the same thing so differently? One answer is that is why there are horse races. It is human [...]

Heavy Load

Democrats are now entering an increasingly more difficult phase of their Congressional and White House leadership. Voters are worried because they are not secure in their job status and the future does not seem bright (despite what politicians say). While most citizens do not understand the deficit or national debt, they are smart enough to [...]

New Strategies Needed?

The primary results this week put in play the question of whether the Republicans have the “right” strategy, and just as clearly, do the Democrats have any strategy at all? Are new strategies needed? Mitch McConnell and John Boehner combined to form the strategy of “no”. Whatever President Obama recommended or whatever Harry Reid or [...]