Monthly Archives: September 2009

Barack to School

September 4, 2009 – 3:03 pm

I don’t tend to agree with presidential spokesman Robert Gibbs, but I think he’s correct that criticism of President Obama’s plan to address the nation’s schoolchildren next week is “silly.” Conservatives should be careful where they tread on this issue. While skepticism of government intrusion is a conservative touchstone, so is respect for authority. Not […]

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Hark! A Plan?

September 2, 2009 – 4:20 pm

Finally heeding my advice*, President Obama is planning to get more explicit about what he wants out of health care reform during an address to Congress and the nation Wednesday night. While much of the country may think, “Seriously? Again with the primetime?” the president could do himself some real good if he uses the forum […]

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They Can’t All Be Bloggers

September 1, 2009 – 7:12 pm

Apparently teens and twenty-somethings these days aren’t very good at face-to-face interaction. Yahoo!’s “Working Guy” blogged about the phenomenon as explained by Mark Bauerlein in a recent Wall Street Journal opinion piece. The crux of the issue: the prevalence of social media and emailing have made face-to-face contact less necessary and, as a result, young […]

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