Capturing the Moment: Cohen Tribute To Obama

Start the Fire By ROGER COHEN (NY Times) With apologies to Billy Joel, who’s more of a chronologist, and in tribute to a president, Barack Hussein Obama, representing a new post-cold-war generation of 21st-century Americans. We Didn’t Start the Fire (2) Bill Clinton, Tina Fey, capitalist China, O.J., Asia rising, Facebook, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Dick Cheney, Rumsfeld, Ugg boots, image [Read More]

Coach Michelle Obama

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On “The Tonight Show,” Michelle Obama noted that she and her husband still sparred privately like the lawyers they are, and added:

“You want to know how Barack prepares for a debate? He hangs out with me, and he’s ready.”

An Ideal Husband

To fully appreciate this story you have to know that Oscar Wilde wrote over a hundred years ago the comedy “An Ideal Husband,” and later on was thrown into prison because of a homosexual relationship. Maureen Dowd, the writer of the column, as far as I remember is single, and once remarked about her own image [Read More]