Just as the state board of education in Texas takes the final steps to remove the secular Thomas Jefferson from its history text books, the President has set his focus on bringing the next generation up to speed via education standards, where the previous generation apparently failed (were failed). Some of the country’s most [...]
Last night Bill Moyers hosted two compelling perspectives on the health care reform bill now in play in the Congress on his weekly PBS program. One perspective was a thumbs up (Wendell Potter); the other thumbs down (Dr. Marcia Angell). I’m more of “If not now, when?” The only way I see [...]
I’m in the middle of my tax preparations, but as I was saying….
President Obama visited Mrs. Wilkes’ in Savannah, Georgia March 2nd. That fried chicken looks good too. Here’s the menu.
Hey, Mrs. Wilkes has a cookbook!
The President appears to be doing a victory lap of sorts from the Health Care Summit. Kicking off his weekly message with a congratulatory message to the Winter Olympians, Obama raises their accomplishments as examples for the Congress:
…if we want to compete on the world stage as well as we’ve competed in the world’s [...]
After the Health Care Summit, President Obama had one more item on his plate: the presentation of the National Medals of the Arts and Humanities at the White House. The recipients were selected in 2009 and received their medals yesterday (February 25). This ceremony was postponed due to the shooting at Fort [...]
What will Virginia be without the arts and humanities?
Both the Virginia Commission on the Arts and the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities have been put on the chopping block by the state’s Appropriations Committee of the House of Delegates.
THE ARTS CALL TO ACTION
YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION NEEDED
Actions by VA Advocates Can Make the Difference
SITUATION
On [...]
As someone who pays for their own health care, I have every right to be dubious of any and all health care plans on the table. Unlike the California customers of Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, my BCBS provider is holding their fire on their annual 30% hike on my plan at least for [...]
President Nicolas Sarkozy is the first French head of state to visit Haiti since the revolution and independence from France in 1804. The price of liberation was reparations paid to France by the new Haitian republic. The final payment was made in 1947. France intends to forgive Haiti’s current $56 million debt [...]
This week, the President wants to re-institute the Pay-As-You-Go law (from the Clinton era). It’s exercising fiscal responsibility without neglecting the nation’s business. This resembles my mother’s rule for keeping the closet inventory under control: for every new pair of shoes you buy, you get rid of a pair. [...]
This music special was recorded last night (24 hours before the original date - Feb. 10 and the DC blizzard). “In Performance at the White House” will broadcast tomorrow (Thursday) February 11 on PBS stations (check local listings). It is heartening to see Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon, a member of the original Freedom [...]
