The Academy Awards often overlook the best films of the year. That fact is well established every year. And so, once again as a public service, I humbly submit my list of the past year’s best cinematic works of art. But before I get to that task, here are a few thoughts […]
Archives for February 2009
Why Some Opposition to Obama’s Stimulus Plan is Principled and Some is Balderdash
The Obama stimulus bill is now law, and some Republicans are elated. The House Republican leadership, John Boehner and Eric Cantor, in particular, are gloating as if they just won a multi-million dollar lottery. In fact, they lost a legislative battle, but let’s not concern ourselves with the small stuff right now. […]
What Obama’s First Press Conference Revealed
In his first nationally televised press conference as the nation’s president, Barack Obama spoke in full sentences that were extended to well-structured paragraphs that combined to make for mini-essays on the subjects he was asked to address. Some of his answers lasted for as long as seven minutes; none were off the point of […]
So Much to Do, So Much to Learn
Barack Obama was something of a whirling dervish following his election to the presidency. His energy was palpable; his desire to “hit the ground running” once he actually became president was abundantly apparent. Now, with barely two weeks under his belt in the nation’s highest office, his ambition is no less evident. […]