‘Opinion’ Archives
Obama Isn’t Bill Clinton, That’s For Sure
(YBH) - Remember, "I feel your pain?" Those were the days, folks. No one was better at empathy than our "first black president," Bill Clinton. What we have now is a Par-TAY!Six vacations in 18 months - yep, great gig if you can get it. Nearly 10 percent unemployment during this "recovery summer" and Joe Biden is practically giddy [...]
The Shadow Over Obama’s Address
by Mark McKinnonAs President Obama announced the end of the U.S. combat mission in Iraq, he acknowledged his predecessor and revealed he had phoned him before the speech. Mark McKinnon on why Obama would do well to learn more from Bush.The gracefully arched ceiling of the Oval Office can make the biggest of men look small. Its [...]
Why can’t Barack Obama tell the world about American tolerance?
The controversy over the 'Ground Zero mosque' has portrayed the United States as a land of bigots. Toby Harnden wonders why the US President has helped fuel this myth. By Toby HarndenIt took a Manhattan taxi driver called Ahmed Sharif to speak out for America, which is being vilified as bigoted and Islamophobic because of the [...]
John Mayer’s Full Anti-Huffington Post Rant
The entire text of John Mayer's rant against the Huffington Post:By John Mayer Huffington Post FULL OF S@#$? (Yes!)Ahh, Huffington Post, the internet Death Star. The world’s first spectator banking website. Come watch a site’s intelligence move in and out like bellows of accordion depending on whether or not there’s ad [...]
Needed: Music that Bonds Culture and Country
By John Romano(YBH) - It was great music that kept America together through the 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's.While conservatives and liberals, Democrats and Republicans, white and black fought, everyone, by and large, listened to great music.Somewhere along the line music (and perhaps musicians) got selfish. I can't say for sure when it [...]
