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Posts tagged as “Obama”

The Twilight of Obama-Time

The sun rises this week on a new American land­scape, the same way it rose on a new American land­scape almost exactly two years ago. That was the dawn of Obama-time. Millions of Americans had…

The Sissy Left: Wimps Can’t Win

When did the American left become such sissies? We are shocked, shocked! We throw up our hands in horror, cowering behind prissy words like “divisive” and “sex­ist” and “uncivil” and “inappropriate” when frothing-mad homophobic Republican…

An Open Letter to President Obama: Eat, Pray, Be Disappointed

Dear President Obama, It seems that the theme emanating from the White House is “Eat, Pray, Be Disappointed.” And yet, when­ever I do feel disappointed, I always realize that the alternative was John McCain, with…

This is What Success Looks Like

The last American combat brigade in Iraq has left the country, so the Pentagon announced this week. The 40,000 personnel from 4th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division began crossing into Kuwait August 19. The US…

Pardon Me, President Obama: Or Not, As Recent Reports Show

One of Barack Obama’s campaign slogans as he ran for President two years ago was, “The change we need.” Unfortunately, for those in the Federal Criminal Justice System, this change has proven to be the…

Hopes Dimming: The Predicament of ShoreBank

The Obama Administration’s treatment of its current majority ownership of bailed out General Motors and its standoffishness toward the pioneering but troubled ShoreBank, a community bank based in Chicago, are les­sons in how the Big/Bad…

Skidding Toward Fall

This economy has a destination for sure, but it's not in the direction where all eyes are trained in moist hopefulness: that glimmering horizon of longed-for growth. You will not get that kind of growth…

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