Right wing critics are fastening onto Michelle Obama and in order to transform her into some wild eyed un-American woman who doesn’t belong in the White House. I have been fascinated how attacks on her resemble those made about Eleanor Roosevelt. Mrs. Roosevelt was always much more liberal than her husband and openly sided with […]

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Robert Persaud, Guyana Minister of Agriculture, speaking at a workshop for journalists, urged them to focus reporting on local community issues and stay out of politics. He accused them of being too interested in “sensational stories” rather than concerning themselves with local issues. You know, local issues like which politicians wife wore the prettiest dress […]

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To Rudy G., for going an entire week without making a claim he saved New York City from this or that peril. It is truly a wonder anything can go right in New York City without the presence of our former beloved Leader.

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To the people in charge of the U.S. government’s Arabic-language satellite TV network, who broadcast an anti-Israel commentary by a Hezbollah leader because no one at the station was fluent in Arabic.

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To the nameless 86-year-old woman in Stockholm who was found driving under the influence of alcohol. I think it’s wonderful an 86 year old is still driving, and to be pulled over and judged to be drunk just makes we senior citizens giddy with delight.
P.S. I’m a 77 year-old geezer and I’m looking forward to […]

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To the Archdiocese of St. Louis which refused to allow Senator Claire McCaskill from speaking at the St. Joseph Academy’s graduation ceremonies because the senator supports abortion rights and stem cell research. Her daughter was in the graduation class and the girls at St. Joseph wanted McCaskill to speak.

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To the Church of Sweden, which pays female pastors less than male pastors.

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To the Danish Parliament after several MPs urged adoption of a law preventing women older than 45 from having artificial insemination. It’s not the business of government to decide who should have a baby or when they should have one.

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