Archive | January, 2010
The Unyielding President and the State of our Disunion

The Unyielding President and the State of our Disunion

In the wake of the massacre in Massachusetts, Barack Obama had essentially two choices when it came to the way he approached his State of the Union speech, and the policies that would follow from it.  He could accept the ...Read more

Obama’s Address: It’s All About the Mojo

29. Jan, 2010 Comments Off

By my rough estimate, 114,278 bloggers have already commented on President Obama’s State of the Union Address. (That’s the SOTU by the POTUS, to use the acronyms favored by ostentatiously au courant bloggers.) So what can The New Moderate add to ...Read more

AFTER 16 MONTHS, THE ‘SBR CLOSES ITS THURSDAY EDITION

28. Jan, 2010 Comments Off

Editor-Publisher, Citing Health and Scheduling Conflict With Radio Show, Cuts Back to Once-a-Week Publication on Mondays to Lessen WorkloadNewspapers aren't alone in having to cut back or go out of business entirely -- as The Washington Star did in 1981. ...Read more

Assessing the Issues: Nuclear Nonproliferation

27. Jan, 2010 Comments Off

Okay, I realize that today's topic isn't the most enthralling for many of us. It isn't one of those hot-button issues that extremists attach themselves to in the way that they do to social issues. It likely won't cause a ...Read more

Plain Dealing in Ohio: Obama Goes to Battle in Elyria

“Hello, Ohio!” Barack Obama began his speech in Elyria on January 22. “Everybody, please,uh, please, uh, please relax.  We’re going to be here for a little bit…”

The content and tone of this speech were not, however, designed to relax.  The ...Read more