Tag Archives: Obama

Barack Obama is Not Anti-Israel

Posted on October 19, 2012 by

Written for the Emory Wheel: I hear the conversation everywhere. Well, I suppose it isn’t so much a conversation as it is a statement. My Jewish friends say it all the time: “I’m voting for Romney because Obama doesn’t support Israel.” … Continue reading →

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Four Thoughts on the First Presidential Debate

Posted on October 8, 2012 by

Written for the Emory Wheel: Though they shared a stage at the University of Denver on Wednesday evening, Mitt Romney and Barack Obama seemed in different worlds. Their tones presented an eerie, almost disconcerting dichotomy: Where Romney contested, Obama conversed; … Continue reading →

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Fluorescent Traffic Signals – Why the GOP Needs to Read More Shakespeare

Posted on February 2, 2012 by

We seem to be a country continually prone to missing the signs. We’ve heard the story of the drowning man who refused the aid of three rescue boats, confident that God would save him; the novice batter who had just … Continue reading →

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A Fine Distinction – Obama’s Conversation With Sarkozy

Posted on November 8, 2011 by

Several newswires reported today that President Obama did not come to the defense of Israel’s head of state in a private conversation with French Prime Minister Nicolas Sarkozy last Thursday. During a break between meetings at the G20 summit in … Continue reading →

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The Politics of Empathy – How Obama Can Pass the American Jobs Act

Posted on November 7, 2011 by

The unsettling sounds of NPR hummed through the car on my drive to school this morning. “…poverty in the United States…at a new high…sixteen percent of Americans are impoverished…” Almost two months have passed since President Obama proposed the American … Continue reading →

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Gingrich vs. the Media – The Battle He Can’t Win

Posted on May 20, 2011 by

It’s difficult to look back upon Sarah Palin’s unsuccessful vice presidential bid without calling to mind her relentless attacks on the “lame-stream media.” It seemed that every stump speech brought a new chapter of her vendetta against the press, with … Continue reading →

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Peculiar Leakage

Posted on September 27, 2010 by

This will be very quick, because I have quite the workload right now, but there was a story tonight that caught my eye and bothered me quite a bit. In fact, I read it, and my response was so vocal … Continue reading →

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He Likes Soccer!

Posted on August 23, 2010 by

This past Sunday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was being interviewed on Meet the Press. Responding to a poll showing that a growing percentage of the American populace believes that the president is a Muslim, McConnell asserted, “The president says … Continue reading →

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Talking Points

Posted on June 15, 2010 by

The following are– in my opinion– the most important points and quotations from President Obama’s Oval Office Speech on the Gulf Spill: “Already, this oil spill is the worst environmental disaster America has ever faced…we have to recognize that despite … Continue reading →

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Opposition Research

Posted on June 12, 2010 by

(Ed. Note: The following is just some political thinking. It’s what I hope the Republicans won’t do.) What I am about to describe displays the would-be thought process of a smart Republican party…a Republican party that observes history and looks … Continue reading →

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