If you are a liberal, there isn’t much guesswork on who you will vote for this November, and the same holds true if you’re a conservative. But what about moderates and independents? What will President Obama look like to them on Election Day? The pros: 1. Experience: One big knock on Obama 4 years ago […]
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With the election less than 4 months away, I thought it might be a decent time for an update on the candidates. I’ve read in The Washington Post about some interesting things the candidates have in common. Both men gave 14% of their income to charities, according to the most recent tax returns they provided. In
There’s a bestselling novel called Fifty Shades of Grey that has created plenty of buzz. My only feelings about it, as someone who hadn’t read it, was that I was impressed by the author for writing a bestseller. Then I heard two passionate, and diametrically opposed, takes on the book. A man whom I respect
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Presidential Politics: There’s some good news and some bad news for the President. First the good: back when gas was about $3.39 a gallon (locally) I predicted that if it went up another 40 cents then President Obama would lose in November. Gas did go up by that much and more, but it has come
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President Barack Obama has had a tough time of it in recent weeks. Did the trouble start when he was trying to honor a Polish American and made a reference to Polish concentration camps,” or was that much ado about nothing? When I first read about this, I dismissed it, thinking that he obviously meant
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