All Entries Tagged With: "Obama"
Is President Obama’s Health Care Agenda Dead on Arrival?
I don’t like being lectured to. So it should come as no surprise how much Wednesday night’s speech by President Barack Obama rubbed me the wrong way. Yes, I believe in universal health care for all American citizens and think we could easily pay for it (if we would just get our priorities in order…more [...]
Hillary Clinton and Barney Frank
Throw Momma Under The Train
I never liked the idea of Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State. When President Obama announced that he was choosing her and played up the idea of a “Team of Rivals” (an expression I quickly grew tired of) I shivered at the thought of Hillary in such a high profile position. [...]
Bill Clinton to the Rescue
Seeing Bill Clinton regain the global spotlight this week by flying to North Korea (Yes, via some Hollywood hotshot’s private jet. So what?), meeting personally with Kim Jung IL, and returning with two wrongly imprisoned American journalists was, in my opinion, a beautiful thing. Forget about the far right wing critics and talking heads who [...]
Beer Summits and Teachable Moments
If you read the Friday Morning Fix last week, you already know how I feel about the whole Gates/Crowley/Obama three way. It’s silly. Again, I wasn’t there, but I’d be willing to venture that both Crowley and Gates acted like jackasses on the night of the arrest and that this was entirely avoidable. Enter POTUS.
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Fairness and the Founding Fathers
I receive the occasional snarky emails from people who disagree with my opinions, positions, or overall existence. 99% of the time I reply to them and after a few exchanges we agree to disagree and things are reasonably cordial. About 1% of the time things go completely south and I end up blocking the other [...]
“Running” with Sarah Palin and Dick Cheney
There was so much to choose from this week while preparing “the Fix” that I’m still scratching my head as I click the “publish” button. Do I address the perfectly executed – yet universally denounced – coup in Honduras. Or do I spend time pontificating on the out of control spending of the U.S. Congress [...]
Ahmadinejad, Rev. Wright, and Palin v. Letterman
It’s election day in Iran and tensions are almost as high as they were in the U.S. in 2008. According to polls, current Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad leads slightly over his main opponent Mir Hossein Mousavi. Amazingly, the candidates are not only acknowledging the importance of women voters, they are actually competing for their support. [...]
Chavez, Kim Jung-il, and Obama in Cairo
First, a quick thanks for all of your support. Copies of my book, The Xpatriot by Randall H. Miller, have been selling well and I truly appreciate it.
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On to business…
Hugo [...]
President Obama’s First 100 Days
The past few weeks have been full of talk about President Obama’s first 100 days in office. Not surprisingly, Democrats are giving him rave reviews while Republicans are predicting the End of Days. My take? Nothing really. It took over two hundred years to get where we are and it surely can’t be fixed in [...]
Interview with Photo Journalist Paula Lerner
If you’re a regular reader of the Friday Morning Fix, the name Paula Lerner should ring a bell. On February 5th, 2009 I attended a lecture entitled “Afghan Stories: Giving Women a Voice.” The presentation gave an overview of the collaborative efforts of photo journalist Paula Lerner and Afghan activist Rangina Hamidi (proprietor of Kandahar [...]
