Category National Politics
Monday Musings: The New Republic in crisis, LEAD task force, Legislative Special Elections, New DOC chief raises question marks,
Washington was rocked this past week by news that The New Republic, long considered one of the bibles of the left (though at times TNR has drifted to the right but that is a conversation for another day) decided to opted to change directions. This was followed by the resignations of several notable editors and […]
Nancy Pelsoi headlines Orlando town hall on working women & empowerment
US House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-California) joined Congressman Alan Grayson (D-Florida) to headline a Working Women Town Hall in Orlando. The event which was hosted by The Florida Institute for Reform and Empowerment (FIRE) drew a packed audience. The town hall comes on the heels of a report released on women’s health. Just this week, […]
Monday Musings: Katy at Harvard, Washout in St Pete, Dangers of Facebook jinxes, Modi at MSG
I had the wonderful privileged to go hang out at the Harvard Institution of Politics this weekend to attend a conference on Bipartisan Advocacy. Walking through the IOP is like the magical wonderland for political nerds – everything you touch or walk by is a part of history. I got to hang out with Christine […]
Thursday Bookshelf: The Roosevelts
As companions to Ken Burns’ The Roosevelts on PBS the following books, all available on Kindle are highly recommended. The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism Theodore Rex Traitor to His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Thursday Bookshelf: Wealth and Democracy – A Political History of the American Rich
In our continuing reviews of books by former Republican Strategist turned radical Independent thinker and pundit Kevin Phillips, today we look at Wealth and Democracy: A Political History of the American Rich which was written during George W. Bush’s first term but is still very pertinent today. The long narrative about the impact of money […]
Thursday Bookshelf: American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century
As we discussed two weeks ago, former Republican strategist Kevin Phillips, the architect of Richard Nixon’s 1968 Presidential Election victory has a uniquely intellectual perspective on the Bush family. Two years after penning American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush Phillips expanded on that work with American Theocracy: The […]
Medicare: Then and Now
By the Old Guy Sitting on the Green Bench Florida’s population is constantly growing and changing. Our state’s population is aging faster many other states. In 1960 roughly 11% of Florida’s population was over age 65 in 2010 the same age group comprised slightly more that 17% of the population which put us about 2% […]
National Squeeze: Did President Obama Just Take The Fall For Bush’s War Crimes with “We Tortured Some Folks” Comment?
In case you missed it, President Obama gave a statement centered mostly on the economy. The subsequent press conference that followed, centered on the other major issues of day including the Israeli-Palestinian conflict escalation given the alleged kidnapping of an Israeli Defense Force (IDF) solider by Hamas and the apparent gradually increasing US-Russia tensions. Just […]
A Dangerous World Needs American Adult Leadership – President Obama Can Provide This
President Obama is quite possibly the best US President on domestic affairs since Franklin Roosevelt. Harry Truman and Lyndon Johnson would be the other contenders for that honor (though it must be stated that some of Obama’s domestic successes have been due to a degree of Executive overreach something we can discuss another time). But […]
GOP PROPOSES SECOND WALL STREET BAILOUT
More than sixty percent of those who own shares of stock believe the market is rigged and favor stricter regulations on financial institutions. Nearly ninety percent believe the federal government has failed to limit the power of Wall Street. With no lack of irony the House Financial Services Committee met this week to further deregulate […]
The Florida Squeeze 