It was in many ways a kinder and gentler Oscars on Sunday night at the 82nd Academy Awards in Hollywood. After losing viewers by the droves over the last few years, Sunday’s affair recalled an old Hollywood elegance and class that was noticeably more family friendly. It even honored America’s …
Read More »MICHAEL GOODWIN: Obama Keeps Flirting With Disaster
Someday, somebody — not from Hollywood — will make a movie about President Obama’s disastrous Christmas vacation. About how his aides waited for nearly three hours after the Christmas airliner attack to wake him. About how he waited three more days to appear publicly. About how even then, he didn’t …
Read More »America Is Still Hurting From the First Stimulus — Another One Would Be a Calamity
Kudos to the Democrats for finally noticing that the people want the president and Congress to focus on job creation. Yes folks, Obama is talking jobs again. At a recent town hall event, he announced, “I’m calling on Congress to pass a jobs bill to put more Americans to work …
Read More »Should GOP Sing 'California Here I Come'?
On Monday, President Obama visited California to raise money for Senator Barbara Boxer, who would like to begin a fourth decade in Congress. He conceded that she could lose her seat. The two ideological soul mates hope to stem a rising anti-government tide that appears set to erode Democrats’ control …
Read More »Baucus Bill Encourages Americans to DROP Insurance Coverage
What if you, and every member of your family, had the chance to save $4,000 each?. Would you be interested? Under the terms of what’s being called “the Baucus bill” — Washington-speak for the bill the Senate Finance Committee will vote on tomorrow — that is how much you could …
Read More »Back to School? Butt Out, Barack
When I was in grade school, if I did a certain number of push-ups, pull-ups and performed the shuttle run in under 10 minutes I received a certificate from the Oval Office. Apparently squat thrusts and jumping jacks aren’t good enough for Barack Obama. With a video address next week …
Read More »Obama to Detroit: Drop Dead
Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:02:35 +0000 – By Liz PeekFinancial Columnist Call me crazy, but this doesn’t seem like the best time to add to the host of problems already facing the Big Three automakers. President Obama’s move to allow individual states to mandate their own emission standards is a …
Read More »Hillary Stays Home
When the State Department announced that Secretary Clinton would not be accompanying President Obama to Moscow it was completely understandable. She took a nasty fall last month on her way to the White House. (Some wags would say she took an even nastier fall last year on her way to …
Read More »Who's REALLY to Blame for the Subprime Mess?
Fri, 10 Apr 2009 21:45:38 +0000 – By Peter Roff Fellow, Institute for Liberty / Former Senior Political Writer, United Press International Now that he is back in the United States President Obama will once again, no doubt, turn his attention to the current economic crisis. As he was leaving …
Read More »Hillary Puts Country First, Ego Second In North Korea Mission
The release of the two journalists by the North Koreans this week was the result of a tour-de-force, trifecta combination of the three most talented and truly great political leaders of our times – Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, her husband, former President Bill Clinton and President Barack Obama. …
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