In January, 2001, George W. Bush was sworn in as president of the United States, and after the September 11 terrorist attacks in New York City and northern Virginia, the world was behind him; “we are all Americans now” was one of the more popular quotes of the time. But during the run-up to the mid-term elections of 2006, a pack of hyenas began calling him names, rejoicing in his failures, and howling about impeachment.
In January, 2009, Barack H……
One of the low points in Governor Romney’s 2012 presidential campaign was his offhand and almost cheerful assertion that businesses deserve more rights because “corporations are people, too.” Since many of us believe that large multinational corporations have rigged the system to benefit themselves at our expense, this statement highlighted his disconnectedness from the “common person” while being at least partly inaccurate, as the corporate entity was established to encourage more risktaking behavior by shielding personal assets of business owners…..
I have been a fan of the Boston Red Sox since 1965. My dad was a rabid Red Sox fan since fleeing from Germany in 1936 to do graduate work at Harvard University. “You must root for the Red Sox and hate the Yankees,” people advised him when he arrived, and he taught me well.
In 1965 and 1966, the New York Yankees and Red Sox were both terrible, so I happily chortled when the Yankees frequently lost and was…..