A year after the election…

It was one year ago today that Barack Obama won the election for the office of the President of the United States.  When he took office in January of this year, President Obama held a nearly 70% approval rating according to the Gallup poll.  As we can observe from the chart below, that approval has [...]

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I became President and all I got was this Nobel Prize

Not even a year into his presidency and Barack Obama has won the Nobel Peace Prize.  He didn’t even need to make a documentary.  And it will look good between his two Grammys.
There will most certainly be both many praises and many criticisms floating about regarding the bestowal of this honor upon the young American [...]

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A Good Story

I’m reading some news about how Michelle Obama (in an attempt to turn Olympic Committee interest towards Chicago) was recounting how she loved watching the Olympics with her father while sitting on her lap:
Some of my best memories are sitting on my dad’s lap cheering on Olga and Nadia, Carl Lewis and others for their [...]

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Chávez changes tone concerning Venezuelan-US relations

A section of Hugo Chávez’ speech to the United Nations General Assembly was posted on BBC News online last night.  I took the courtesy of transcribing this portion of the speech:
John Kennedy said, ‘In the south there is a revolution and the main reason is hunger.’  Only a few days later he was assassinated.  John [...]

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ACORNucopia Of Problems

I’ve got to weigh in on this ACORN mess.  There’s a great article in the wall street journal from a couple days ago that is helpful in understanding this story.
There are a lot of obvious talking points here- the group has “taken in more than $53 million in direct funding from the federal government since [...]

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The Duvall Of It All

Fair CAI readers, I must apologize for my latest absence.  However, I believe you will forgive me for attending to the birth of my little girl.
That said, it is sad that I must burst back upon the scene to comment on the latest politician to defame themself and their position and then offer the flimsiest [...]

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Good Riddance

I am typically not this harsh… but Ted Kennedy is special.  Being a killer and all.  Good riddance.
Here, I think is an interesting image of the view many liberals take of Kennedy (from a comment in the linked post):
To those who much is given much is asked. Ted Kennedy has worked tirelessly for his country. [...]

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Health Is Wealth

If you have time (and I encourage you to make time) you will find this article by David Goldhill in The Atlantic Monthly very illuminating.  Goldhill’s father passed away in hospital due to infections he received from the hospital and in this article he chronicles his subsequent obsession with, and research into, the American health [...]

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Where Is The Protest? (Against War, That Is)

Powerline linked to an interesting article by Byron York in the Washington Examiner.  York wants to know where the war protesters are.  It’s a good question.  When Bush was president, the sole interest of many “progressives” was ending the war, and getting out of Iraq and Afghanistan.  The article presents an interesting poll that was [...]

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This Mob Is Out Of Control

Quick post this morning about all the townhall meetings that are taking place about the proposed Health Care Insurance Reform bills in congress.  I haven’t followed any too closely but it’s hard not to get a daily dose of a headline talking about a senator being shouted down, or angry protesters at these meetings.  The [...]

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