Time for dad to brag on his kids. The event that prompts this shameless bragging is an article just published about our 16 year old daughter Amanda in an online magazine.
Thanks to United South Central High School teachers and staff who helped make all this possible. Everyone at United South Central played a part in our kids’ [...]
Normally I’m not a fan of the Grammys. It’s usually dominated by poor performances and too much rap (which is excellent poetry but lousy music). But last night’s Grammys 2009 were better than usual, and thanks to TIVO, I was able to skip through the lousy parts.
Kudos to Alison Krauss who is my favorite contemporary musical artist. [...]
Senator Robert Menendez (D- NJ), who sits on the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, is commenting in a hearing today I watched on CSPAN. He just blamed the entire lack of accountability for how TARP funds were spent under the first half of the payout on George Bush and Secretary Paulson.
Not one word that [...]
After watching several recent press conferences with Obama and Press Secretary Gibbs, it is apparent that the gloves are off. The honeymoon is over. The body language has changed and voices are going to different pitch levels.
So maybe new levels of annoyance with the media will be seen in this administration. Thanks to Northern Muckraker [...]
The media is hungry. Presidential Press Secretary Robert Gibbs is being eaten alive right now. It’s worse than watching an episode of National Geographic. I will remember this the next time my conservative friends say the media is a lap dog for the Democrats. They may be biased, and they may favor one party over [...]
Tom Daschle withdrew. About time. MSNNC.com took several paragraphs to get to the real reason why Tom Daschle needed to withdraw his nomination.
Daschle also was facing questions about potential conflicts of interests related to the speaking fees he accepted from health care interests. Daschle also provided advice to health insurers and hospitals through his post-Senate work [...]
The New York Times and MSNBC just threw a rock under the wheels of the Obama train. I was shocked to see this headline at the New York Times; Obama’s Ethics ReformPledge Faces an Early Test. The opening paragraph was eloquent and brutal:
During almost two years on the campaign trail, Barack Obama vowed to slay the demons of [...]
