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'No Drama Obama' Needs a Strong Second Act
Monday, 9 August 2010, 6:34 pm | Walter Brasch
The Obama administration is a welcome change from the Bush–Cheney years. Against severe Republican opposition, President Obama has kept campaign promises to reform health care, curb Wall Street excesses, create a federally-funded stimulus program ... More >>
Shining the Light of The New Colossus Into Arizona
Tuesday, 27 July 2010, 7:40 pm | Walter Brasch
Two things are assured this coming week. One is that Arizona will do its best to put into practice its controversial anti-immigration bill. The other is that a federal district court will rule whether that law is constitutional. The Arizona law requires ... More >>
LeBron James, the Media, and the American Soul
Monday, 12 July 2010, 3:30 pm | Walter Brasch
Millions of Americans had pleaded with basketball superstar LeBron James to leave the Cleveland Cavaliers and come to their city when he became a free agent. Bloggers, media pundits, and reporters of every kind seemed to devote much of their lives to ... More >>
The Reality of the McChrystal Interview Fall-Out
Tuesday, 29 June 2010, 11:35 am | Walter Brasch
For a few days last week, the harpies of the extreme right assaulted the president of the United States for first considering, and then firing Gen. Stanley McChrystal, commander of allied forces in Afghanistan. More >>
Walter Brasch: 'R'Oil Indignation
Tuesday, 15 June 2010, 1:19 pm | Walter Brasch
The British are upset with the United States. That's not too unusual. There was this revolution thing a couple of centuries ago. But America's Number 1 ally is upset that Americans are blaming BP for that nasty little oil spill in the Gulf. You know, ... More >>
Oily Politics Led to Environmental Disaster
Monday, 31 May 2010, 11:23 am | Walter Brasch
Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-La.) had a good idea to slow or stop the Gulf Coast oil spill from reaching shore. Build artificial barrier islands, he told the federal government. He wanted the Army Corps of Engineers to dredge the Gulf of Mexico and the Mississippi ... More >>
Arizona and the Alien-Nation of America
Tuesday, 11 May 2010, 6:43 pm | Walter Brasch
My father, a federal employee with a top secret clearance, carried a copy of his birth certificate when he went into Baja California from our home in San Diego. Many times, when he tried to reenter the U.S., he was stopped by the Border Patrol. He ... More >>
Investigation of Pa. Animal Cruelty
Monday, 15 March 2010, 3:54 pm | Walter Brasch
A Pennsylvania district attorney took campaign funds from an organization which promotes killing live pigeons in contests, and then refused to allow the prosecution of animal cruelty charges against a gun club that hosts pigeon shooting contests. More >>
Found: U.S. Constitution
Thursday, 18 February 2010, 11:18 am | Walter Brasch
Sarah Palin stood before an audience of 600 at the first Tea Party convention and in her twinkly home-spun rhetoric, she declared we don't need a professor of law but a commander-in-chief. As expected, she received roaring applause. And, as expected, ... More >>
Walter Brasch: Err-America
Monday, 25 January 2010, 3:28 pm | Walter Brasch
Air America, the liberal radio network, went down in flames, Jan. 21, when it filed for bankruptcy. It wasn't because of air-to-air combat with conservative talk shows and bloggers. It wasn't because of the Recession, although reduced advertising revenue, ... More >>
Legacies, Celebrities, and Media Skanks
Wednesday, 11 November 2009, 9:21 am | Walter Brasch
NBC news correspondent Jenna Bush Hager had a news exclusive. And, like news exclusives in the Era of Infotainment TV, this one was broadcast by the entertainment division. Specifically, Jenna Bush interviewed her mother, Laura Bush, on 38th episode of "The ... More >>
Scary Isn't a Kid in a Halloween Costume
Tuesday, 20 October 2009, 2:17 pm | Walter Brasch
One of the joys of Halloween is to dress in scary costumes and pretend to frighten others, who pretend to be frightened. But with less than two weeks until an evening of trick-or-treating, it's possible there won't be anything scarier than what's already ... More >>
The Great Government Swine Flu Conspiracy
Monday, 17 August 2009, 3:45 pm | Walter Brasch
More than 230,000 cases of the Swine Flu have been confirmed world wide. About 2,100 persons have died. As much as one-fourth of America's workforce may be infected by Swine Flu when it peaks in Winter, according to studies conducted by the federal ... More >>
The Republican Policy Against First Responders
Wednesday, 5 August 2009, 9:53 am | Walter Brasch
It isn't unusual that the Republican party is anti-union. It isn't even unusual that the Republican National Committee sent to its base a loaded questionnaire with blatantly leading and highly biased questions. But it is unusual that the party that ... More >>
Prescribing Cake to Cure the Health Care Crisis
Tuesday, 21 July 2009, 2:53 pm | Walter Brasch
Marie Antoinette, contrary to popular opinion, never said a solution for the starving masses of revolutionary France in the late 18th century was, "Let them eat cake." But, Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) apparently said something close to it. More >>
Jury Nullification in a Pennsylvania Coal Town
Monday, 22 June 2009, 11:56 am | Walter Brasch
The Schuylkill County, Pa., justice system managed to do something that insurance actuaries do with mixed results--it determined not only the penalty for threats to a human life, but also the value of a human life. More >>
Walter Brasch: Waiving the Rules for Old Glory
Thursday, 11 June 2009, 3:12 pm | Walter Brasch
Within a month of 9/11, millions of Americans bought American flags. Small flags they flew from their cars, trucks, and bicycles. Medium-sized flags they planted in their front yards, put onto their home windows, and flew from recently-installed ... More >>
The Dick Cheney Magical Mystery Media Tour
Monday, 18 May 2009, 1:20 pm | Walter Brasch
Dick Cheney has apparently been on a magical mystery media tour. He has sought out and been interviewed by more TV journalists and talk show hosts during the past month than during the eight years he was vice president. More >>
People. People Who Don't Need People
Thursday, 7 May 2009, 2:07 pm | Walter Brasch
From a pool of about seven billion, those hard-working geniuses at People magazine have managed to find the 100 most beautiful people in the whole wide world. And-get ready for the surprise-almost all of those beautiful people are rich American celebrities. More >>
Walter Brasch: The Americans Are Revolting
Wednesday, 22 April 2009, 10:17 am | Walter Brasch
The Americans are revolting! All across the country-from Boston to Atlanta to San Antonio-thousands of Americans, inspired by Fox News and radio conservative talk show hosts, took to the streets to protest. More >>
