Is Rush Limbaugh really the voice of the Republican Party?  Does he really represent the road to a resurgence of conservativism in American politics?  Has he legitimized the hope that Barack Obama fails?               These questions and others about the man who got his start in talk radio right here in little old […]

            The Academy Awards often overlook the best films of the year.  That fact is well established every year.  And so, once again as a public service, I humbly submit my list of the past year’s best cinematic works of art.                But before I get to that task, here are a few thoughts […]

            The Obama stimulus bill is now law, and some Republicans are elated.               The House Republican leadership, John Boehner and Eric Cantor, in particular, are gloating as if they just won a multi-million dollar lottery.  In fact, they lost a legislative battle, but let’s not concern ourselves with the small stuff right now. […]

            In his first nationally televised press conference as the nation’s president, Barack Obama spoke in full sentences that were extended to well-structured paragraphs that combined to make for mini-essays on the subjects he was asked to address.  Some of his answers lasted for as long as seven minutes; none were off the point of […]