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Posts tagged as “Obama”

Music For The Sickbed

Using music as medicine goes back to Antiquity and beyond. The Greeks were not alone in recognizing that music was powerful stuff, capable of not…

President Gasbag

After watching President Obama’s state of the union, plus the first Republican response to it by Rep Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, and the second response…

Letters to the Editor

SIDEWAYS Dear Mr Parrish, I just now read your “Who Really Rules California's Wine Country?”, as I am catching up after returning to Massachusetts from…

Collateral Damage

It’s too soon to say of course, but it really does look as though the Tucson shooter has done Sarah Palin serious damage. A Gallup…

The Tucson Memorial: Politics is Everywhere

Last Wednesday night’s memorial in the McHale Arena at the University of Arizona did strike me as slightly strange, like an Irish wake that had…

Off the Record

This Week: Obama in Tucson, Napoleon in America, cop gossip in Ukiah & much more

Valley People

IN A WILDLY diverse community like this one, there isn't much that a large majority of us might agree on. But it's safe to say…

Honor the Wiki-Leakers

When it comes to journalistic achievements in 2010, the elephant in the room is Wikileaks. I’ve seen many put-downs of the materials as containing “no…

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