To the chagrin of 57 million Americans, including yours truly, Barack Hussein Obama remains the 44th president of the United States.  Legions of commentators from across the political divide have been busy supplying us with seemingly endless advice for the GOP. Remarkably (or perhaps not so remarkably), there has emerged something of a bipartisan consensus…

To no slight extent, this presidential race is about race.  We all know this—however reluctant we may be to admit it.  Those who would deny this fact do so only by giving it a different name. One of the contestants has been universally hailed as “America’s first black president.” This alone is enough to establish…

Election Day is just a few days off.  I offer four thoughts on Hurricane Sandy, the economy, and the September 11 attack on our embassy inLibya. The first is for Republicans, the last three for voters generally. (1). The fears of conservatives and Republicans to the contrary aside, the positive coverage that President Obama has…

“Frankenstorm,” the worst storm in American history, is currently beating down upon my home state of New Jersey.  As I write this, there is rain and wind, but nothing in the least bit remarkable—at least not as far as weather goes in this neck of my woods of theGardenState.  Still, I continue to be told…

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