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    The White House

    The Cool Kids Get All The Breaks

    Thursday, November 19th, 2009

    Is President Obama taking the appropriate action to protect our troops and interests in Afghanistan? Is he making appropriate diplomatic choices while visiting with Asian leaders? Did he really think through his decision to try the 911 hijackers in New York City? Is he making flippant and irresponsible statments about the inevitability of Khalid Sheikh [...]

    The Sins of Silence

    Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

    “To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.” Abraham Lincoln _____________________________________________ You can say a lot of things about President Obama, but you can never accuse him of slacking in his momentum to get things done. It helps that he has an army of supporters in Congress–there is strength in numbers. [...]

    Scarecrow or Tin Man?

    Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

    Dateline Oz: The Wizard of Oz today selected the Tin Man to fill a soon-to-be vacated Supreme Court seat, snubbing the conservative’s choice of the Scarecrow, known for exercising judicial restraint on the bench. The Tin Man has an impressive record of decisions informed by the empathy of his big heart, most famously when he [...]

    Gender Bend

    Thursday, May 14th, 2009

    Former First Lady Laura Bush has been involved with a couple of causes, the better known of which was her dedication to improving the nation’s literacy rate. Another is her husband’s initiative to tackle what is known as “Boy Advocacy,” or “Breaking the Boy Code,” the drive to eliminate those outdated notions about masculine behavior [...]

    On Honesty and Policy

    Saturday, May 2nd, 2009

    Vice President Joe Biden might just be the most honest guy in Washington D.C. When the Today Show’s Matt Lauer asked him what he would tell his family to protect  them from the H1N1/”Swine Flu” virus, Biden did not mince words. “I wouldn’t go anywhere in confined places now,” he said. “I would tell members of my family, and I have, I wouldn’t [...]