Tag Archives: Barack Obama

Faith-based Politics

Posted on August 27, 2014 by Jim Wheeler

Dang. I know it’s not polite to brag, I told you so, but I just can’t help it. For most of the last four years I’ve been blogging, progressives (a group I admit having joined in the process) have been … Continue reading →

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Vacations

Posted on August 23, 2014 by Jim Wheeler

President Barack Obama is getting flak for being on vacation and playing golf while the world is, seemingly, going to hell in a hand basket. It’s predictable. I can recall the same complaints about every president in my lifetime. Such … Continue reading →

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What’s Wrong With Obama?

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Jim Wheeler

Bashing president Obama is a popular pastime these days. On the Erstwhile Conservative’s blog, commenter Anson Burlingame recently blamed him personally for the current political divide in the Congress and in the country as a whole. One short paragraph summed … Continue reading →

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Pork Chop Hill

Posted on January 8, 2014 by Jim Wheeler

It’s the same old story. What justifies war? Was it worth the blood and treasure? What constitutes “winning” a war – how do you define that? When is it really over? Well, it depends on who you ask and when … Continue reading →

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Would You Kidnappers Please Make Up Your Minds?

Posted on October 10, 2013 by Jim Wheeler

Extortion noun  the practice of obtaining something, esp. money, through force or threats. House Republicans, having balked at paying for what Congress previously authorized to be spent and threatening for the first time in two centuries not to stand behind our … Continue reading →

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Just The Facts, Please

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Jim Wheeler

Much controversy and demagoguery has attended the presidency of Barack Obama.  I found it refreshing then to read the last in a series of short biographies of all the presidents, his of course being the most recent.  It is only … Continue reading →

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Rational Politics?

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Jim Wheeler

Today I heard a podcast on economics that was a followup to one I did some weeks ago. Recall if you will when the NPR guys got a half dozen different economists, liberal, conservative, libertarian, together and asked them for … Continue reading →

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Political Confirmation Bias

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Jim Wheeler

My hate email is increasing in both volume and intensity as the campaign enters its season of denouement. Amid the rest of it today I got a personal email from a senior retired Navy officer who apparently can’t restrain his … Continue reading →

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Executive Power

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Jim Wheeler

We are living in politically dangerous times, what with critical fiscal decisions now log-jammed in the Congressional divide, but they are politically interesting times as well. Symbolic of this is conservative outrage over President Obama’s use of the Executive Order … Continue reading →

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An Historical Paradigm

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Jim Wheeler

The Erstwhile Conservative has written an interesting post about an aspect of Mitt Romney’s character as revealed by his failures to correct unfair disparagements of his rival during political gatherings. A woman in one incident accused President Obama of “treason”. … Continue reading →

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