Astrology Prediction: McCain and Palin Will Win the White House

I had an epiphany this morning–right out of the blue–about the election and what it’s all been about. Not Obama, Chris Matthews–I hate to disappoint you but he’s not The One. This epiphany came straight from the Universe–where they’ve been trying like heck to get a woman into the White House. They tried first with [...]

To Vote or Not to Vote, That is the Question

Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened. – Winston Churchill
I’m stumbling my way towards the voting booth. Will I or won’t I? If I don’t vote I’ll be neglecting my duty as a citizen. If I do vote I’ll be helping to [...]

Hillary: Can We Un-Ring the Ding Dong Bell?

Now that Barack Obama is finally being vetted by the fawning press and their vitriolic treatment of Hillary has subsided somewhat, is it too late? Can a bell be un-rung? This is the question we face in the primaries in North Carolina and Indiana tomorrow night, the results of which may produce at least a [...]

Obama and Clinton: Dancing Around the Mulberry Bush

Does America owe Barack Obama the presidency because he’s black? This was the question that seemed to speak from the television screen as I watched the heartrending story on CNN of the murder, forty years ago, of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, a man who spoke to all oppressed people everywhere.
Will electing a black president [...]

OBama: You Never Even Called Me by My Name

 
Well, it was all that I could do to keep from crying.
Sometimes it seemed so useless to remain.
You turned against my preacher
Just because he stomped and hollered
“G-D America is to blame!”
 
I ain’t to blame for my preacher
For the evil he planted in our hearts.
He was only preaching
To the choir of Satan’s angels
Who hide behind the [...]

Presidential Candidates: Brains, Hearts and Courage, Oh My!

Something ominous is happening on the way to Emerald City and the presidential contenders need to stop and consult their road maps. When they first began their journey their destination was the wonderful Land of Oz, but since their trek through the forest the Yellow Brick Road appears to be turning into a quagmire. The [...]

Hillary–Warming the Cockles of Our Hearts

“While Obama was spouting poetry, Clinton stuck to what she knew best, unexciting but smart prose. Instead of giving voters goose bumps, she gave them chicken soup.” – Joan Vennochi, Boston Globe Columnist
In a great editorial in the Boston Globe this morning Joan Vennochi refers to Hillary as “The Chicken Soup Candidate”. Which really struck [...]