I would like to propose to the American Idol contestants, nearly all of whom are trying to do that jazzed-up, R&B, improvisational sort of vocal styling, to just listen to Aretha Franklin. Either learn from her or stop even trying. Here she is, performing at
Anne Applebaum sees the crash of Flight 1549, with the marvel that everyone survived thanks to cool work from the pilot and passengers, as a metaphor for our times, indeed, as the undoing of 9/11: If one were searching for an appropriate metaphor — and,
The British newspaper “The Independent” reminds us of an adage that both conservatives and liberals would do well to remember: “An old American aphorism has it that politicians campaign in poetry, but govern in prose. We can be sure that the poetry will continue to
This is an important day, the inauguration of Barack Obama as President of the United States. This is the place to talk about it.
The feeling in the air is palpable, the sense that the inauguration of Barack Obama will herald a new era of some kind. What that era will consist of is uncertain. Most Americans, even many conservatives, are optimistic, feeling that President Obama will usher in
. . .in an Obama administration?
in, say, solving our economic woes with massive bailouts; bringing peace by talking with our adversaries; and solving our nation’s other woes by application of liberal or center-left policies, would that disprove conservative ideology? If you are a conservative, would that make you change your
So, once he gives it, what did you think about Barack Obama’s inauguration speech?
What do YOU think the new president and his administration should do about the country’s economic woes?
The new president is facing lots of problems in addition to the economy. Help him out.
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