Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:41:15 +0000 – By Peter Roff Commentator/Former Senior Political Writer for United Press International Barack Obama won his first victory on Capitol Hill Thursday by threatening his first presidential veto, even before being sworn in. As FOX News reported, during congressional deliberations over the distribution of …
Read More »Fighting Health Care and the Politics of Fear
What is happening with health care? Why does it seem that if we don’t go along with the White House’s agenda we’re heading into the abyss? This is the same thing that happened with bank bailouts and is still happening with global warming. This is what I would call a …
Read More »A Jailbreak Among Inmates — Politics At Its Lowest In New York State
Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:29:51 +0000 – By Michael GoodwinNew York Daily News Columnist/FOX News Contributor In theory, it has nothing to do with him. In reality, the latest fit of madness in Albany has everything to do [with New York’s] Gov. Paterson. Just as nature hates a vacuum, so …
Read More »Obama's Grand Plans to Rebrand America
Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:44:51 +0000 – By John TantilloMarketing Expert/Founder and President, Marketing Department of America A lot has been made of President Obama’s handshake with Venezuelan would-be strongman Hugo Chavez — far too much in fact. My advice: innocent until proven otherwise. In other words, the critics should …
Read More »'Blue State' New Jersey Turns Red
Add this to your political fact book: The “Obama Bounce” only exists when Barack Obama is running. It disappears when he is not. The pundits who guessed Virginia would be a “blue state” post-Obama can quit their jobs now. Stick Virginia back in the swing-state category, and with tonight’s 17 …
Read More »A Liberal Opposed to a New Fairness Doctrine By Whatever Name
Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:08:23 +0000 – By Lanny DavisAttorney/Former White House Special Counsel I believe, as former New York Governor Mario Cuomo said may years ago, that the Fairness Doctrine is basically antithetical to First Amendment principles. Once government attempts to control content over the airwaves, today it may …
Read More »Debt Bomb Rocks Wall Street
Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:07:49 +0000 – By Noel SheppardAssociate Editor, Newsbusters.org Wall Street got rocked Wednesday by a “debt bomb” economists have worried about for decades. Hours after the United Kingdom failed to attract enough buyers for its auction of $2.5 billion of 40-year bonds, the United States Treasury …
Read More »Fossil fuels: The moral choice
“How does it feel to be the one person disagreeing with over 100,000 people?!” the protester at the People’s Climate March asked me. On that Sunday, September 21, when New York City was swarming with protesters chanting “Hey, hey, ho, ho, these fossil fuels have got to go,” I was …
Read More »On Veterans Day, I challenge you to be inspired by our vets
Today, our nation pauses on November 11 to remember the service and sacrifice of its veterans. This year, I would like to challenge you to do something else as well: draw inspiration from these outstanding men and women. In spite of the tragedies of war, our veterans should be a …
Read More »Where have all the leaders gone?
Some people I know refuse to watch the news or read the papers these days, and who can blame them? The headlines are depressing and no one seems to be in charge. The stock market rises and falls, playing “now you see it, now you don’t” with your 401k, the …
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