Barack Obama says we have to. I don’t mean just nodding and grunting passing each other on the street or in the hallway, either. I mean respect, courtesy, the whole bit. Apparently we’re going to have to see about problems and shortcomings in our local communities, as well. I’m so pleased Obama is here, because … Read more
Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States today. I wish him well. Today is not a day to pick nits. I will say that I have little doubt that Ronald Reagan’s disposition and its effect on huge swaths of the population hastened the demise of the socioeconomic malaise the … Read more
Well, here we are, kids. Tonight is George W. Bush’s last night in the President’s Bedroom. I don’t have much to say about it—certainly nothing rivaling the extensive treatments, both positive and negative, he’s getting elsewhere online. I voted for him twice, somewhat less enthusiastically in 2004 than in 2000, but haven’t thought of myself … Read more