Last year we got a rescue cat that my son-in-law named Barako — hoping, I think, that the animal would clean up the right-wing rodent population around the place. I’m not very good with names…
Posts tagged as “Obama”
A friend down the coast here in California called Wednesday to say that her mother, 95, had fallen, cracked her ribs, got a cough and told her daughters, “That’s it. I’m checking out.” She’s given…
Ritual trumphalism about America’s righteous mission in the closing sentences of his speech did not dispel the distinct impression during President Obama’s 33-minute address to cadets at West Point Tuesday night that we were listening…
Obama’s dipped below 50% in public approval, which — so the pollsters tell us — is nothing particularly unusual for a new president at this stage of the game. This week, he’s scheduled to announce…
You can’t please all of the people all of the time, but President Obama and his Attorney General, Eric Holder, have got nearer than most to pulling it off. A week ago Holder announced that…
HASH MARKS Greetings Editor: Hash Peppermint Patty — Good grief! “Gosh, Charlie Brown: what is hash?” Linus asks. “A mixture of corned beef, processed potatoes, and onion extract,” the round headed kid replied. Semantics aside,…