Archive for April, 2008
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
Who’s Being Patronizing?
Obama has stated that decades of working-class neglect has caused working class bitterness. According to Hillary and McCain, that makes Obama an elitist. Is it as ridiculous as a bunch of right wing Republicans saying that it was the black guy who had the racial issues, or Ferraro claim that Obama was in a racially […]
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Monday, April 14th, 2008
Hillary’s Man for All Seasons
If there is one true renaissance man in this election, it is Barack Obama. At least as Hillary has described him, you’d think he was her “Man for All Seasons”.
According to Hillary’s characterizations, Obama was too Republican for having spoken about Reagan. Then Obama became too liberal, having voted too Democratic in the Senate. Unlike […]
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Thursday, April 10th, 2008
Unburnable
I just finished Unburnable by first-time novelist Marie-Elena John from Antigua. Although the novel does have its shortcomings, it was overall a fascinating look into the complexities of Caribbean culture and the legacy of slavery, colonialism, and West African culture on the people who today inhabit the West Indies. The story takes place in both […]
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Thursday, April 10th, 2008
The Revolution will Not be Televised
Don’t ask me why, but I spent the day repeating, “the Revolution will not be televised“.
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Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
Revenge
I just read the most amazing poem entitled “Revenge” by Taha Muhammad Ali that I found through Laila Lalami’s blog. Check it out:
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Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
A Nation of War Mongering
One thing that increasingly concerns me is how much we have turned into a nation of war-mongers. If our foreign policy was once “speak softly and carry a big stick”, over the years it has become nothing more than the big stick.
We have moved from a black and white “for me or against” Cold War […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Essays by eric
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
The Better Leader
In February, I pointed out that Obama had better leadership skills than Hillary by simple virtue of how he was executing his campaign campared to her management woes. The is now even more apparent every day that goes by. In Poltico today, Jim Vandehei and David Paul Kuhn write,
Obama can rightly claim he has run […]
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Today’s News in the Democratic Primaries
Hillary goes back and forth between saying that she’s vetted and complaining that the press is too hard on her. The problem is that she has a tendency to avoid the truth, to say anything, and to associate with anyone. This means that she is always open for a fresh vetting.
The most recent absurdity is […]
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Monday, April 7th, 2008
Hasta Pronto, Ilde!
Ildefonso Fernandez passed away this morning. He was a very close friend of my friend Manolo, and whenever I got the chance to see Ilde, I was always entertained by his amazing stories of living in Kazakstan, on an oil rig in the North Sea, and elsewhere and by his great charisma. He even commented […]
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Saturday, April 5th, 2008
Springtime in Chamberí
The past few days have been perfect spring days here in Madrid, and today was no exception in my neighorhood of Chamberí (sunny and 75ºF). First I set out to to visit the newly opened museum at the Chamberí ghost metro station. In 1966, Metro de Madrid closed the Chamberi station, […]
