Regulation failures have just become a punchline of a truly sick joke these days as the global financial system melts down. Yet the exposure of Bernard Madoff’s multi-billion-dollar Ponzi scheme...
Rod Blagojevich may be the cockiest man in politics. And that’s a tough one, considering he comes from the country of Ted Stevens and the state of Rahm Emanuel. The Illinois governor essentially...
I am aware that at times I sound like the Obama administration's chief cheerleader, but after eight years of Bush policies that felt like a kick in the guts or a punch in the jaw every couple of...
For a while, people scoffed at Barack Obama’s run for the presidency, writing him off as a naïve idealist who could never make it halfway through the primaries, let alone into the Oval Office. His...
Barack Obama, in his first press conference as president-elect, stressed that the U.S. has only one president at a time. The rest of us would do well to remember that. George W. Bush is still in...
“Change. Change. Change. Change... Change. Change. Chaaange. When you say words a lot they don't mean anything. Or maybe they don't mean anything anyway, and we just think they do.” –Delirium,...
Half of the fun of thinking about a new Obama administration is betting on Cabinet picks. The blogosphere is already abuzz with arguments and suggestions, some of which are based on leaks from the...
Barack Obama will be the 44th President of the United States. To type those words brings back the euphoria of the first few minutes after the words flashed on the blurry screen of the projector...
Franklin Delano Roosevelt famously said, “We have nothing to fear but fear itself.” Barack Obama’s biggest challenge as a candidate has been convincing people not to fear him, fear his...
So the McCain campaign won't let go of Joe the Plumber. He's still being trotted out in speeches by McCain and Palin. They mention again and again how Obama wants to "spread" Joe's wealth. Aside from...
