Punditry declares Obama is already a lame duck, and may as well burrow deep and lie low You do realize that Washington, D.C. is not the real world, don’t you? It’s a state of mind. An altered state of mind. Where you’re damned if you do [more...]
President channels FDR in his inaugural address Skies were overcast, and the temperature was a chilly 40 degrees in Washington on Monday when President Barack Obama took the oath of office and began his inaugural address. Given his own cool reserve and his first-term penchant [more...]
Look out, the ‘fixers’ are coming to ‘fix the debt’ Top corporate chieftains and Wall Street gamblers want to tell Washington how to fix our national debt, so they’ve created a front group called “Fix the Debt” to push their agenda. Unfortunately, they’re using “fix” [more...]
Doctor says it could be the key to understanding Boehner Sources close to the White House say that they would have a debt deal today if it weren’t for the obstinate stand by John Boehner in refusing to allow even the most reasonable plan to [more...]
Journal entry: February 1, 2007 (age 37) Before returning to Binghamton in 2002, I lived in the Washington, D.C. area for 9 years. The bumper-to-bumper traffic, the mild weather, and the impersonal nature of big-city life prevented me from ever really feeling at home. Due [more...]
A California teacher was named Teacher of the Year in April and as part of the distinction was flown to Washington, D.C. to receive the award from none other than President Obama. Wanting only to be known as Mrs. M, the teacher appeared on the [more...]