It was Barack Obama vs. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal tonight, each trying to frame for Americans what they view as the fix for what is ailing the American economy.
Obama’s speech before a joint session of Congress was long, took on everything from health care to Iraqi troop withdrawals and outlined plans for some pretty ambitious [...]

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The august Times of London has given a very good review to No Time To Think, the new book about the menace of media speed by Howard Rosenberg and yours truly.
Link is to the full Times review.
If you are interested in the impact 24/7 news and the Internet are having on us all, No Time [...]

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The mess involving the apparently (okay, he is) crooked governor of Illinois is increasingly invading the till now surrealistically tranquil world of the Barack Obama transition phase.
In less than a week, we have gone from Obama insisting that neither he nor anyone on his team had improper contacts with the governor who was allegedly (okay,  [...]

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Looks as if the one person who is not in control of this convention is Barack Obama. Ted Kennedy’s speech–even when suffering from a probable fatal brain tumor–made Obama’s rhetorical skills seem pale by comparison.

Obama’s wife gave a speech that makes one wonder whether she plans on a political career herself. Pretty good.
And, the Clinton [...]

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No doubt about it. Barack Obama is one unique presidential candidate. In Paris, American expatriate moms have banded together to create the “Momas for Obama” movement, as seen on CNN.
Of course, fathers and sons and daughters are united for Obama as well. The forces of nature appear to be supporting Chicago’s favorite son. The next [...]

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The economic news just keeps getting worse daily it seems.
Today alone, the following:
The stock market–the Dow Jones to be exact–plunged faster than a penny off the roof of the Empire State Building.
The Dow reached its lowest level in about two years, down almost 360 points!
Oil futures kept climbing, now passing the $140 a barrel mark.
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