Where are the apologies?
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Mike M. Bates
Glancing at a newspaper in the Age of Obama can be hazardous to your mental – if not physical – health.
If ObamaCare Wins, Obama Loses
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Mike M. Bates
“It’s like déjà vu all over again,” noted philosopher Yogi Berra is credited with saying. And so it is.
The "most trusted man in America" reconsidered
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Mike M. Bates
Just as the media – with the exception of Larry King – were finally getting over the passing of Michael Jackson came the news that former CBS newsman Walter Cronkite died. Cronkite was an iconic figure amongst his brethren and media encomia were suitably lavish.
I'm Barack Obama and I approve this message
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Mike M. Bates
Cook County board president Todd Stroger has an almost $12,000 lien on his house for unpaid federal taxes. Illinois treasurer Alexi Giannoulias bought a $26,000 hybrid SUV with money from the state's college savings program. Former governor Milorad Blagojevich likely will be parking his hairbrush in a federal facility in the foreseeable future.
Obama's Poster Children for Tax Reform
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Mike M. Bates
If, as Oliver Wendell Holmes claimed, taxes are what we pay for a civilized society, we have become very civilized indeed.
Obama: Yet Another Sorry Democratic President
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Mike M. Bates
Watching Barack Obama this past week was painful. The new president went out of his way to display his fresh style of leadership. It won rave reviews from many foreigners, the mainstream media and others who hold the United States in contempt.
CNN’s Roland Martin Misstates Catholic Teaching in Defending Obama
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Mike M. Bates
CNN's Roland Martin is hosting Campbell Brown: No Bias, No Bull for the next eight weeks. On Monday's program, Martin clearly demonstrated he's going to have trouble living up to the program's title.
Why I Quit The Reporter
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Mike M. Bates
The Reporter, a suburban Chicago newspaper, included on its commentary page last week this editorial announcement:
Include Me Out
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Mike M. Bates
It’s numbing. The adulation, the elation, the mirth, the idolatry, the reveling in every possible facet of Obamaness. And that’s just the response of the mainstream media.
President Kennedy and the Mob
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Mike M. Bates
Plans are moving forward to complete the Las Vegas Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement. Known also as the Mob Museum, it will be an interactive attraction “dedicated to the history of organized crime and law enforcement.” One of the displays, in the organized crime section of the museum rather than the law enforcement area, should feature President John F. Kennedy.