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By jwilkes - Friday, December 5th, 2008 at 1:32 PM
When The Washington Post reviewed Bob Woodward’s Bush Administration exposé, The War Within, the title it gave to the review was short and sweet: “Yes Men.” According to Woodward’s account of the internal dealings of the executive staff, few were willing to disagree with the President, Vice President Cheney, or Rums more...
By jwilkes - Friday, December 5th, 2008 at 12:40 PM
Barack Obama’s opponents spent almost two years torpedoing what they perceived as a lack of experience. And truthfully, prior to his historic run for the White House, Obama didn’t have a whole lot.
But if there is one area in which an inexperienced President-elect can make up for his own lack of time behind the wheel, it’s in t more...
By jwilkes - Thursday, December 4th, 2008 at 3:01 PM
There have been many times when certain aspects of an incoming administration have been confronted with a breadth of challenges. In 1932, Franklin Roosevelt’s first Cabinet was staring down the barrel of the Great Depression and the rise of Adolph Hitler just a year later (though it would be another 9 years before the US became formally inv more...
By jwilkes - Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008 at 3:35 PM
It was under Caesar Augustus that the Roman Empire began what would become known as the Pax Romana, a period of relative peace and prosperity that lasted for more than 200 years (from 27 BC to 180 AD). It means, the “Peace of Rome,” and spurred growth and security that propelled the Empire through another 300 years of existence, despi more...
By BardofWilmette - Friday, November 28th, 2008 at 3:29 AM
Today was Thanksgiving – a very enjoyable holiday – so why would I risk ruining that positive feeling with a suggestion in very bad taste? I guess that is just the kind of person I am. The other day, we all saw the scene on television where Alaska Governor Sarah Palin “pardoned” one turkey at a turkey farm near more...
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