Peter Murmann

This is the second story I read today about the primary that is funny. By Alex Joseph in Slate I’m a young male Democrat, and I support … Hillary Clinton. I may be the loneliest man at Georgetown University, where I’m practically a social pariah. Supporting Hillary on a college campus this year is like being [Read More]

As an Obama supporter, I was disappointed to read that the NY Times endorsed Hillary Clinton. Now one of editorial writers has gone to an Obama rally in California and is preparing himself for the defeat of Hillary. EDITORIAL OBSERVER Michelle, Maria, Caroline and Oprah on the Hustings in California By ANDREW ROSENTHAL Los Angeles Forty-eight hours [Read More]

I did not realize just how deeply families across the country are divided over who should be the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party. Fortunately the air will clear within a few weeks. In Democratic Families, Politics Makes for Estranged Bedfellows By JODI KANTOR Maria Shriver woke up Sunday morning and decided to surprise the audience at a [Read More]

During the four or five weeks leading up to February 5th—“Tsunami Tuesday,” when voters in states with half the nation’s population participate in a not quite national primary—the emotional texture of the Democratic side of the Presidential campaign changed profoundly. For most of Year One of this insanely elongated process, the Democratic Party had been [Read More]

Today I read for the first time in a major newspaper (the Washington Post) the key argument against Hilary Clinton’s run for the presidency. Dear Hillary: How to Bow Out Gracefully Dear Stumped, I am running for leader of the free world, seeking to replace a deeply unpopular president. I am the spouse of his very successful [Read More]

Barring a major terrorist attack on the United States, my money is on Obama. Elections are decided by the independents. They will vote for him rather than the Republican candidate because they want to be part of restoring American values.  Here you can hear why Obama is going to be the frontrunner for the [Read More]

The Economist reviews two interesting books that put Islamic fundamentalism in perspective. Religion in Europe: The discovery of tolerance A TYPICAL Protestant view of European religious history might go like this. In medieval times, the Roman Catholic church grew increasingly corrupt and impervious to criticism. Then came the Reformation, with its new breath of freedom and tolerance. [Read More]

———————Girls——- —————-are like apples——- ———-on trees. The best ones————-are at the top of the tree.———-The boys don’t want to reach—- —for the good ones because they— -r afraid of falling and getting hurt.- -Instead, they get the rotten apples- from the ground that aren’t as good, but easy. So the apples up top think something’s wrong [Read More]