Republicans believe that God loves them again. Having lost all foothold on their anti-Obama attacks since his re-election, and staring at the chance of a mid-term electoral disaster, along came some red meat not even of their making. Well, the Benghazi smear is their creation, given that it was all they had–before the […]
Posts Tagged ‘Reagan’
THE BULLSHIT SCANDALS
May 27, 2013COMPARING PRESIDENTS
May 22, 2013Presidents Day occasioned my annual peek into history, bringing me this time to Eisenhower, about whom no one seems to know jack. But he is vaguely recalled with fondness because time colors current perceptions. Ike was commander of all Allied forces in Europe during WWII, and when we and our pals won, he […]
Looking Presidential
February 26, 2010Somebody please tell me which was the real “Presidents Day”? There’s Washington’s and Lincoln’s to whom we used to give a nod teach Feb. 12 and 22. Maybe no others were born in this month of the most “r’s” and the most oysters. Truth be told, some years we’re big on those two guys, some […]
Two Walls Not to Like
November 21, 2009The Wall on the U.S. southern border is a barrier of shame. I think of Robert Frost’s timeless line, “Something there is that doesn’t like a wall.” We hated the Berlin Wall throughout its some 25 years of miserable existence and joined the recent anniversary celebration of its collapse. Some people still imagine that Reagan’s […]
Ichabod's Kin 