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“The Time is Always Right to Do the Right Thing” — MLK, Jr.
This one strikes me as more than a little disturbing. The family of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. reportedly demanded — and got– a payment of around $800,000 for the use of Dr. King’s words and likeness on the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial on the National Mall. They should give the money back. King had […]
Read the rest of this entry »Old Green Eyes
] Begging for money is hardly new in political campaigns, as this 1968 Frank Sinatra ad for Hubert Humphrey demonstrates. I always wondered why my father didn’t care for Sinatra…
Read the rest of this entry »Trying Too Hard in China
In every hostage-action movie, there is one fast-talking salesman who thinks he can negotiate with his captors. He’s the first to get it. Think Die Hard. I can’t help but think about that character every time I see a photo of Vice President Biden in China this week. Biden is trying too hard; he has that Nathan-Detroit […]
Read the rest of this entry »The-Anyone-but-Barack Vote
Ron Paul is in a statistical tie with President Obama if the election were held today, with President Obama pulling 47% of the vote and Congressman Paul taking 45%. In fact, Paul would probably beat the President today, as the undecideds almost all break to the challenger in a presidential contest. Michele Bachmann is four points behind the President […]
Read the rest of this entry »Sayonara!
It’s taken almost 30 years, but, if reports are accurate, Muammar Gaddafi is about to go down — hard. The allied operation against him wasn’t pretty, but it looks like it will accomplish its mission. President Obama and Hillary Clinton deserves a great deal of credit for taking the risk on this one. So does NATO. […]
Read the rest of this entry »The Obama Brand Squandered
Maureen Callahan pens an 1,800-plus-word piece in The New York Post today on the rise and fall of President Obama’s brand. It’s a great read. Callahan captures a presidency at sea brilliantly, at one point equating the President with the 1980’s “New Coke” marketing fiasco. “What happened to Cool Barack Obama?,she asks. “The one who sank […]
Read the rest of this entry »The New Abortion Debate
The New York Times tackles today the emerging issue of gender selection in the U.S., otherwise known as gender selecting abortions. The practice has become commonplace in China, India, and other nations, but it remains rarer here. But hardly unheard of. The impetus for the Times story is the new DNA test that can show […]
Read the rest of this entry »China Owes Georgetown, U.S. an Apology
http://youtu.be/3UOGIaMmeUM UPDATE: I gladly eat my words. A courteous reader notes that the Chinese and Georgetown teams met tonight at the Beijing airport, where apologies and gifts were exchanged. Great to see it. One interesting note; in confirming that report I Googled something like Chinese-basketball-brawl. Several listings came up involving the Chinese team. Apparently these guys are […]
Read the rest of this entry »Sarah Palin, The Tease
http://youtu.be/gqaE4sXZWRQ I learned a long time ago not to call a girl “a tease.” But this sharp new web video from Sarah Palin’s PAC is just that. The question is whether that’s all it is, or if it is a striptease campaign roll out, with layer after layer of opaqueness discarded with deliberate and aching slowness. My gut says it’s […]
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