President Obama keeps promising change, but we have heard this rhetoric before. Change is what former Salvadoran President Francisco Flores promised in 2001, when the country adopted the dollar as its national currency. He promised unparalleled economic prosperity and growth for all Salvadorans. But that has not been the case.
After hearing all the fuss about the Tim Tebow Super Bowl commercial ("Old Guard feminists sound their thunder over Super Bowl ad," Nation, Monday) I was surprised when viewing it to find that it was so mild and inoffensive. Never once was the dreaded A-word (abortion) even mentioned. It was just about the love between a mother and her son and a reminder that sometimes wonderful things come about because of sacrifice.
News about the American missionaries being detained in Haiti for attempting to get children out of the country ("Missionaries in Haiti face kidnap charges," Geopolitics, Friday) is as absurd as it is disturbing.
The president ofthe United Stateshas been revealed asnarcissistic. In his State of the Union address, I counted the first-person-singular word 35 times, at which point I stopped counting. The apex was when he said, "We don't quit" and later amended that to "I don't quit." Narcissistsdon'tquit, even whenthey are wrong. That's because a narcissist is never wrong.
News about the American missionaries being detained in Haiti for attempting to get children out of the country ("Missionaries in Haiti face kidnap charges," Geopolitics, ...
After hearing all the fuss about the Tim Tebow Super Bowl commercial ("Old Guard feminists sound their thunder over Super Bowl ad," Nation, Monday) I ...
The president ofthe United Stateshas been revealed asnarcissistic. In his State of the Union address, I counted the first-person-singular word 35 times, at which point ...
President Obama keeps promising change, but we have heard this rhetoric before. Change is what former Salvadoran President Francisco Flores promised in 2001, when the ...
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CROWLEY: The president meets reality
Monica Crowley
Reality bites. President Obama is just discovering this, after campaigning astride a unicorn of hope and change and after a year of trying to govern high atop Fantasyland.
Americans often wonder where all our tax money goes. Well, a good chunk finances a steadily growing government work force. State and local governments spent $1.1 trillion on employee wages and benefits in 2008. That's half of what those governments spent overall.
BANDOW: A champion at meddling
Five years ago, Western governments and nongovernmental organizations did their best to support Ukraine's so-called Orange Revolution, which propelled Viktor Yushchenko into the Ukrainian presidency. But Mr. Yushchenko's performance in office was a disaster; in last month's presidential election, he finished in fifth place with a dismal 5.4 percent. His ...
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