Politics is a dirty game. Both sides use quotes taken out of context, manipulate numbers to favor their own policies, and play to whatever audience they are currently addressing. It’s hard to make sense of it all. Let me see if I can be of some help. Having raised two teenagers – the real masters of spin — I have found that the axiom, actions speak louder than words, is a good guide when searching Read More…
We The People may be the three most important words in our constitution. They demand that we take responsibility for ourselves and our future. These words have not only been resonating in America with the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street movements, but around the world — from Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Syria and beyond. While a dictator has not held sway in America, our progress has been held hostage by bickering politicians. We The People Read More…
It may seem like a long time until November 2012 to you, but to anyone who wants to be President of The United States of America, it’s just around the corner. The Republicans had their third debate in Ames, Iowa last Thursday, followed by a Straw Poll on Saturday. But, the big news came out of South Carolina where Texas governor, Rick Perry, announced that he was throwing his hat into the ring. And still, Read More…
Affluent, liberal, and politically correct Marin County, California is probably not the first place you think of when it comes to Tea Party rallies, but that’s where I had my first encounter. Early last fall I walked into the Mill Valley Community Center to the sounds of the Pledge of Allegiance and life-sized cutouts of Ronald Regan, Abraham Lincoln, and Sarah Palin — clearly, I was in the right place. I am an independent voter Read More…
Three big political stories in the news last week caught my attention: Mitt Romney announced his candidacy, John Edwards was indicted on campaign finance charges over payments to hide an extramarital affair, and Congressman Anthony Weiner was accused of sending lewd photos of himself to a woman in Washington. Does character count in politics? We want our politicians to be smart — we even like them tall– but do we care if they are faithful to Read More…
I have been waxing rhapsodic about Mitch Daniels for two years. I was really hoping he would run for president, and after his good friend Haley Barbour took himself out of the race, I was sure Mitch would run. On Sunday, as I stood in front of my TV with my latte in one hand and my New York Times in the other, someone on one of the morning shows announced that Mitch Daniels would Read More…
Talat Masood, a retired lieutenant general in the Pakistani Army wrote an op-ed piece in Monday’s New York Times titled, “Patience, Not Punishment, for Pakistan.” I decided to opine on Mr. Masood’s piece with some alliteration of my own: Passive/Aggressive: Mr. Masood wants us to know that he “feels our pain” and then he lets us know that it could get worse: “The volatile situation in Pakistan is matched by the understandable outrage of Americans Read More…
I got a text Sunday night at 7:50 saying: “Usama bin Laden dead. We got the bastard” It took me a few minutes to process the telegram-like text that my sister sent. I remembered watching 9/11 unfold almost ten years ago and I said out loud, “finally.” I then immediately thought, “what now?” I answered my own question: OBL’s death is the perfect reason to hasten our exit from Afghanistan. Although troops are scheduled to Read More…
I recently found myself with three hours to kill at Newark’s Liberty airport so I bellied up to the bar, ordered a burrito, and struck up a conversation with the person next to me. Reggie is thirty-two, well-educated with a good job (an anesthesiologist), and by his own admission, he doesn’t know much about what’s going on politically. I gave Reggie my card and told him to tune-in to Qmuze to educate himself on what’s Read More…
I recently posed this question via Twitter: ”If Iraq was Bush’s distraction from Afghanistan, then Libya may be Obama’s distraction from Egypt. Whose mistake is bigger?” It may be years before we have a definitive answer to my question, but if I had to choose today, I would go with Obama and Libya. In the news this week. Moussa Kouossa, the Libyan foreign minister, until his recent defection to Britain, says Libya is turning into Read More…
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