Monthly Archives: December 2008

“Your reclamation, then.”

12/25/2008 – 11:50 am

Merry Christmas. Charles Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol” has been on my mind frequently during this holiday season. There are three (maybe more) potential reasons for this. 1 – Mr. Dickens wrote a timeless piece of literature, one that speaks to people in every age and circumstance. 2 – With the global economy crashing, this Christmas […]

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Headed for Trouble

12/11/2008 – 11:36 am

Shortly after he was nominated as Barack Obama’s running mate, reporters overheard Joe Biden speaking with a National Guardsman. “If I had your hair, I’d be president, you know what I mean?” Mr. Biden said. “I wouldn’t be screwing around with this job.” Mr. Biden, long known for working the border between candor and too […]

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Does Not a Tibetan Bleed?

12/4/2008 – 12:26 pm

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has accomplished a difficult task since taking office 18 months ago: he’s made me miss Tony Blair. Mr. Blair was George W. Bush’s lapdog on foreign policy and when he left office, I thought anyone had to be better. Mr. Brown had a promising start, putting some distance between the […]

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