Bonnie Erbe from CaglePost.com Columns by Bonnie Erbe from CaglePost.com http://rss.caglepost.com/columns.aspx?name=Bonnie+Erbe Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://rss-net.sf.net/ Erbe: Obama And The End Of Affirmative Action Toward the end of last year's election, I turned to a young African-American acquaintance and said, "If Barack Obama wins, you can kiss goodbye to affirmative action, or what's left of it after 20 years of Supreme Court cases whittling it away. "Real... http://www.caglepost.com/article/7411073b-e212-4f03-aa23-579826ee83da.html Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:00:00 GMT Erbe: Neda, The Unlikely Martyr I cannot get Neda out of my mind. Neda Agha-Soltan, to be precise. Neda is the woman the world watched die on videotape that was uploaded last weekend to the Internet. She was the woman slaughtered, apparently, by Iranian government gunfire last Satu... http://www.caglepost.com/article/8fbf34a5-d380-49bf-8e1a-34fb371393ae.html Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:00:00 GMT Erbe: Financial Fears Trying economic times have prompted many Americans to search the financial horizon for positive signs we may be pulling out of the recession. But sometimes what looks like good news can also be bad news. This week's release of housing starts was just... http://www.caglepost.com/article/8602c276-3a69-41f8-9dc5-10ce3b8ed412.html Wed, 17 Jun 2009 07:00:00 GMT Erbe: Our Flip-Flopping President President Obama has compiled a long and growing list of increasingly important flip-flops on critical U.S. policies. Most Obama backtracking took place after he entered office, tossing no-longer important (to him) campaign pledges out the window like... http://www.caglepost.com/article/be233fff-a7fa-49a1-a859-b7e648050f5e.html Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:00:00 GMT Erbe: Dr. Tiller's Death If you want to see the future of one aspect of life in the United States, if federal policy were placed in the hands of murderous antiabortion extremists, you might look at life for women in Tanzania. Abortion is illegal there, as antiabortion extrem... http://www.caglepost.com/article/e8e9f74c-3d0b-4a87-9e4e-a9eec5ed565f.html Wed, 03 Jun 2009 07:00:00 GMT Erbe: The Real Judicial Activism If only one thing results from Judge Sonia Sotomayor's nomination process, I hope it will be this: the public denuding of the concepts of judicial restraint and judicial activism. So-called activist judges are defined as liberal abusers of power. So-... http://www.caglepost.com/article/3b9ca1c1-1308-4345-99c5-8abd0bff3e73.html Wed, 27 May 2009 07:00:00 GMT Erbe: Credit Card Curtailment Falls Short 2009-05-20 12:47:00 If the credit card bill approved by the U.S. Senate on Tuesday is signed into law by President Obama, as is widely predicted in the media, some much-needed reforms will take place, but one critical reform will be left out. The bil... http://www.caglepost.com/article/79d1af88-c230-4e1b-a2e1-cec405f32abe.html Wed, 20 May 2009 07:00:00 GMT Erbe: Starvation on the comeback? America's Greatest Generation, coming of age before and during World War II, was admonished to leave no spinach behind by parents who warned, "Children are starving in Europe." Boomers, post-war babies, were similarly taunted to eat food young childr... http://www.caglepost.com/article/d25a2105-a696-4762-aa1c-e87e08fd0dfd.html Wed, 13 May 2009 07:00:00 GMT Erbe: France Tackles Immigration Woes As Well So it's not just the United States that's gone mad on immigration. France is acting just as strangely, too. The French Parliament was considering a plan offered by the head of its Socialist party to abolish or amend a decades-old law immigration law.... http://www.caglepost.com/article/10bb764e-1b15-4ef2-94bc-094ae2edf68b.html Wed, 06 May 2009 07:00:00 GMT Why The Big Deal Over 100 Days? Call me a cynic, (you can't beat me to it, I've already claimed the mantle) but too much is being made about President Obama's first 100 days in office. There is much more media hype, for example, than I remember being made about President George W. ... http://www.caglepost.com/article/294df1a7-43b1-4df9-b12f-42a42d5fb432.html Wed, 29 Apr 2009 07:00:00 GMT The Downside Of Internet Journalism No one can deny that the Internet is a life-changer. As a social networking tool, it is nonpareil. Many married couples would never would have met but for the Internet. Employers find employees and vice versa from around the globe -- people whose pat... http://www.caglepost.com/article/1d797a66-1097-4948-a886-d9ef85826a9c.html Wed, 22 Apr 2009 07:00:00 GMT Obama And Cuba On A Personal Note Now that President Obama has made it easier for (Cuban) Americans to travel to Cuba, my cousins Rico (Spanish nickname for Ricardo or Richard---and I've changed his name to conceal his identity) and Irene and I are contemplating plans to travel there... http://www.caglepost.com/article/95a843d5-47b3-43ee-8a12-6a77d1ebc7d1.html Wed, 15 Apr 2009 07:00:00 GMT Pressure Works Bravo to the human rights activists around the world who muscled up in unison to obliterate one of the most backward laws passed by any country in recent times. Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai recently signed into law a bill that approved of marit... http://www.caglepost.com/article/0ae3729d-fb14-49d4-bdcd-3dfa405bd8c5.html Wed, 08 Apr 2009 07:00:00 GMT Abortion Is Not A Tragedy The recession is driving American demand for contraception and for abortions. The media have been riven this past week with stories about the rising number of couples and single mothers doing the math and deciding this is no time to bring a child int... http://www.caglepost.com/article/28e0e2b4-e2e9-4067-b7a6-ea80b8cd310c.html Wed, 01 Apr 2009 07:00:00 GMT Obama's inexperience shows President Obama, your inexperience is showing once again -- as is that of one of your most visible employees. One of the most common mistakes made by inexperienced politicians is inappropriate use of humor. Take, for example, joking about the depress... http://www.caglepost.com/article/8e9504c5-d67a-4c28-a6ff-4024b4c03ccb.html Wed, 25 Mar 2009 07:00:00 GMT Pope Benedict ignorant about AIDS Pope Benedict's statement upon arriving in Cameroon was, "AIDS cannot be overcome by the distribution of condoms." This is one of the most horrifically ignorant statements made by a world leader since former President George W. Bush's promise to "smo... http://www.caglepost.com/article/05359e5d-4283-4ad3-af65-70a05f518ef5.html Wed, 18 Mar 2009 07:00:00 GMT Environmental concerns in Canada I've just returned from a special corner of the world: Canada's Northwest Territories. Yellow Knife, Canada, is a town of some 25,000 people now celebrating its 75th anniversary. It came into being during the Yukon Gold Rush era. Most East Coasters h... http://www.caglepost.com/article/9cac186d-a3cf-4ecd-92c1-84b9a45eed9c.html Wed, 11 Mar 2009 07:00:00 GMT Obama Must Learn When To Brighten Up President Obama continues to show his inexperience when discussing the economy in public. Americans need reassurance, not more depressing news from our President. Yet Mr. Obama did it again this week, according to Reuters: "Obama joined leaders from ... http://www.caglepost.com/article/987e688a-b54b-4ec0-9809-26386136a936.html Fri, 06 Mar 2009 08:00:00 GMT Is Recovery On The Horizon? I'm beginning to hear the welcome sounds of an economy starting to rouse itself out of slumber. I'm not saying it's turned around yet, or anything close to that. I'm just sensing and hoping that bottom may have been struck, or that the slide is start... http://www.caglepost.com/article/acf3f57a-672b-4166-8e2e-0d5012281291.html Wed, 25 Feb 2009 08:00:00 GMT Pro-lifers Are Wrong On Stem Cell Issue I've certainly criticized President Obama enough since he's taken office and even more when he was a presidential candidate. But I don't hesitate to applaud him when he does something right. One of his advisers told a Sunday television talk show the ... http://www.caglepost.com/article/2a6162fd-2f78-4c8b-8540-18aa5876bab2.html Wed, 18 Feb 2009 08:00:00 GMT Premarriage Counseling Goes Wrong I have always thought that one terrific thing about churches is many of them provide counseling for engaged couples before they marry. The point of this premarital counseling is to help couples get ready for the rigors of "til death do us part." Too ... http://www.caglepost.com/article/42f0c357-5e0b-442b-bf0a-07839607f0fe.html Wed, 11 Feb 2009 08:00:00 GMT A New Direction For The GOP The Republican Party's selection of former Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele as party chief is almost as historic as the Democrats' nomination of Barack Obama as the party's presidential candidate (not his election, just his nomination.). But unlike P... http://www.caglepost.com/article/5649bf9e-99b9-4c28-8857-e6278d3dad77.html Wed, 04 Feb 2009 08:00:00 GMT Protecting Non-Believers Judith Scott probably never set out to be a First Amendment heroine. But she is as far as I'm concerned. Scott has filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia for what she claims was a retaliatory firing. Her proselytiz... http://www.caglepost.com/article/36096afa-93f1-42fe-b3f6-e74c94af123d.html Wed, 28 Jan 2009 08:00:00 GMT Getting Back To Business Can we get back to normal now? Can we get down to addressing the myriad of problems that plague us? Can our feet touch the ground and our minds grasp reality? Being in Washington this past week has been like living in a dream world, where everyone's ... http://www.caglepost.com/article/47ac91af-7e3c-4e44-8d55-8fce7b985e7b.html Wed, 21 Jan 2009 08:00:00 GMT Race Still Trumps Gender In Politics Politico.com this week ran a story with an intriguing headline: In politics, does race trump gender? The story continued as follows: "How come Roland Burris has had such an easy time getting to the U.S. Senate while Caroline Kennedy has had such a ha... http://www.caglepost.com/article/1c816124-5306-48da-bcc6-99edb5d78685.html Wed, 14 Jan 2009 08:00:00 GMT Sick Of The Doom And Gloom? President-elect Barack Obama said it himself on Monday: the economy's about to collapse and if Congress doesn't act fast, it will. Everywhere one turns, lousy economic news abounds. Is it possible we've been through the worst and this year will be be... http://www.caglepost.com/article/64b588f9-9bab-4543-83ab-0df383e1b613.html Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:00:00 GMT How Can Obama Fix So Much That Went Wrong? I recommend a new article in the current edition of "Vanity Fair'' magazine. It tries to explain how so much could have gone wrong in so few years. In less than eight years, the Bush White House managed to accomplish the following: "The threat of 9/1... http://www.caglepost.com/article/0ffe96dd-b7ae-4820-a042-5fdbda57c536.html Mon, 05 Jan 2009 08:00:00 GMT Camelot Redux With Caroline Kennedy Caroline Kennedy may be big footing her way to the U.S. Senate. But her public admission this week that she indeed wants an appointment to the seat once held by her uncle and presently held by former first lady and Senator Hillary Clinton, has drawn ... http://www.caglepost.com/article/ea348f60-e992-46a7-aa12-4b2c676546ab.html Wed, 17 Dec 2008 08:00:00 GMT Bush Pardons A Bunch Of Hunters On the way out the door, presidents have been known to inflict a mountain of damage on the American public with the pardon power. Since President Bush has funneled more garbage into the American political system than just about any president in histo... http://www.caglepost.com/article/2d43541d-3876-42fc-92a7-57cf75fc2c86.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:00:00 GMT Erbe: If Citicorp, Why Not Gm? It will be years before we know whether government bailouts of financial and other institutions were a good idea or not. While we're in the midst of bailing out the planet (or so it seems) one question comes to mind. If Citicorp, why not GM? Congress... http://www.caglepost.com/article/e9ca3c13-14fe-47a2-970a-e76298fb896c.html Wed, 26 Nov 2008 08:00:00 GMT Erbe: Liberals,Get A Grip When in doubt, blame the media. That used to be an over-used conservative tactic. Now it's being adopted, apparently, by the Kool-Aid imbibing Obama fans who are so blind to the Obamas' flaws that they scramble mightily to find someone other than the... http://www.caglepost.com/article/672ab90c-4ab6-4333-8173-89f9e9568533.html Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:00:00 GMT The Tricky Obamas-Clintons Relationship I recommend to you an article on Politico.com that reports on the latest contretemps between the Obamas and the Clintons---a tricky-track of a relationship if ever there was one. It describes a phone call from Michelle Obama soliciting advice from Se... http://www.caglepost.com/article/b235b828-8d1b-4978-b4d9-f34a4efaf17b.html Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:00:00 GMT What Does Obama's Win Mean? President-elect Barack Obama's win is so cataclysmically historic one knows not where to begin. First, his victory signifies the death of the Old South and President Nixon's infamous "Southern Strategy," which the GOP has used successfully for almost... http://www.caglepost.com/article/8fb4468a-2694-40e1-92ae-92995820c035.html Thu, 06 Nov 2008 08:00:00 GMT Race, Gender and the Presidential Race It's been debated for more than a century. But when this historical presidential campaign comes to a close next week, will we know the answer to the following question with any degree of certainty: which more fervently permeates the fabric of America... http://www.caglepost.com/article/63fd2119-31bd-4703-a2ac-16647865b793.html Wed, 29 Oct 2008 07:00:00 GMT Immigration And The Election Sometimes news stories make me spiral off into outer space. The premise of the story noted below is that the presidential candidates should "talk to" or go out of their way to woo the support of illegal immigrants or, excuse me, undocumented workers.... http://www.caglepost.com/article/b9d00c25-a2b5-4f77-aeb7-a605990e91a2.html Thu, 23 Oct 2008 07:00:00 GMT California Leads In Movement To Ban Cruel Factory Farms Leave it to California to once again lead the way on one of the most important social issues of our time. This time it's animal cruelty in factory farming. Next month, Californians will have the opportunity to ameliorate conditions for the millions o... http://www.caglepost.com/article/dc0cf66c-1187-4aca-8efe-d2743212d337.html Wed, 15 Oct 2008 07:00:00 GMT McCain From Maverick To Meltdown I've been doing internal 180's this whole election season, bouncing from poll to contradictory poll and changing my assessment of which candidate was going to win the White House. While I make no predictions for public consumption, in my own mind I'v... http://www.caglepost.com/article/0a0bf52c-5da2-4cfa-af16-7068e31d0bac.html Wed, 08 Oct 2008 07:00:00 GMT Main Street Need To Support Bail Out To all you "Main Streeters" who protested the federal bailout plan for its lack of accountability and socialization of losses, I have a message for you. I feel your pain, I share your pain, but things are only going to get worse if Americans don't co... http://www.caglepost.com/article/3210d827-6389-431e-a6f3-bda5b2275c8c.html Wed, 01 Oct 2008 07:00:00 GMT Maybe Sexism Does Pay Does sexism pay? One study out this week says "yes," especially when the ones falling behind in the pay gap are so-called egalitarian men. According to a report in the Washington Post, "Men with egalitarian attitudes about the role of women in societ... http://www.caglepost.com/article/6d56ea46-6654-48ca-906b-64be40f96e21.html Wed, 24 Sep 2008 07:00:00 GMT Who Benefits From Wall Street Wreckage? Various and sundry authors have taken various and sundry positions on whether the Wall Street wreckage of this week benefits the Obama or McCain campaign more. We don't know yet. We won't even have much of a serious clue until the three-day rolling p... http://www.caglepost.com/article/a1c018fe-3ebd-4e5a-85d4-99d6cde6fd08.html Wed, 17 Sep 2008 07:00:00 GMT Palin Winning Women Any Democratic Party leader or liberal Democratic feigning surprise at the tidal wave of excitement Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has stoked from among white female voters should strip off the mask. These folks, quite frankly, are getting just what they de... http://www.caglepost.com/article/c6821a54-e7ce-4449-9e78-eca0a1616e6d.html Thu, 11 Sep 2008 07:00:00 GMT Palin, Pregnancy And The Pulpit Sen. Barack Obama took the high road in refusing to answer reporters' questions about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's pregnant 17-year-old daughter Bristol and the girl's decision to marry the father and have the baby. He also drew a distinct boundary line... http://www.caglepost.com/article/74713b01-9d58-4490-8606-5a6cfee1bcfc.html Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:00:00 GMT Obama Still Stumbling In Polls DENVER -- Democrats are certainly energized by Sen. Hillary Clinton's home-run speech Tuesday night and the energy level at the Democratic convention is clearly kinetic. But the national polls are showing something completely at odds with Democrats' ... http://www.caglepost.com/article/0ff004fb-3d97-482f-9377-e9f87a9ed7de.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT No Celebration For Horses At This Celebration It's that time of the year again when Shelbyville, Tenn., hosts its annual Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration. Let's hope 2008 marks the year when the horses are allowed to celebrate along with the humans by being treated and trained in a h... http://www.caglepost.com/article/d17ed639-eec8-40bb-a9a1-b10de1d0ea66.html Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT Bush Environmental Policy Woeful Right To The End The Bush Administration is almost history. The environmentalists among us were on the verge of conjuring mental images of the Administration heading off into the environmental netherworld. As close as they are to losing power and authority, the Presi... http://www.caglepost.com/article/b5d4ebd4-e0af-473e-b5ef-56219fca699d.html Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT We Can, And Must, Help Gorilla Species Survive We're so used to bad news on the environment that it's surprising -- even thrilling -- when good news surfaces. Good environmental news emanated like crazy from the Republic of the Congo this week when scientists released a survey showing there are m... http://www.caglepost.com/article/a9a5a443-3bbb-4d75-a521-4eb2b987a3eb.html Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT Parties Switch Roles Is it just me or have the political parties switched roles this election? The normally hapless Democrats have become an imperious, on-message political machine. The habitually martial GOP, which stays on message like drill sergeants stay on G.I.'s, l... http://www.caglepost.com/article/ed12f6ee-d9f1-4678-add7-a5595c5b4461.html Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT Is The Media Pro-Obama? When the media start backing away from supporting a candidate or a cause read this as a sign that the media elite understand the public is seeing through the media's neutrality ruse. MSNBC's coverage of Sen. Barack Obama's trip abroad streamed online... http://www.caglepost.com/article/cbc47ac7-9f0f-4f1e-957d-46a7dcbf9cc8.html Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT Obama And The Case For Affirmative Action It's a pretty safe bet that the majority of Obama supporters also champion affirmative action or racial and gender preferences in employment, college admissions and government contracting. It's an even safer bet most Obama supporters who want to hang... http://www.caglepost.com/article/f12f5bc5-0f75-4fef-a565-d5df7b63ef48.html Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT Cruelty To Walking Horses Courtesy of Michael Vick, most Americans have now been exposed to the sordid, underground world of dog fighting. Coverage of cock-fighting and state or county bans against the horrendous practice in most venues have made us aware of the sadistic truc... http://www.caglepost.com/article/db867476-94ee-404e-b19f-1bc4b543937f.html Thu, 10 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT Should Powell Endore Obama? Will Gen. Colin Powell endorse Sen. Barack Obama? It's the question rippling through Washington's chattering class conversations. These conversations were sparked by the National Journal's report that the two met privately on June 18 in Powell's Alex... http://www.caglepost.com/article/d24c28e7-37ff-46c5-a6f3-5dfddc3307f9.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT Horse Racing Industry Regulation There are few if any admirable political figures in Washington, D.C. these days. But one whose under-the-radar work calls for high praise is Ed Whitfield , R-Ky. Whitfield's stalwart concern for horses is nothing short of spectacular, particularly gi... http://www.caglepost.com/article/d5e92bfe-e98e-4549-967d-4e655f100339.html Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT Changing Notions of 'Family' Two fascinating new legal trends reflect society's sea change in attitude toward family and interpersonal relationships. The first is collaborative divorce, which sounds like an oxymoron but is actually a brilliant concept. The second, which I'll get... http://www.caglepost.com/article/722fc6d5-bc09-4918-a1c5-28299e9e1c87.html Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT It's Time For Hillary Clinton To Bow Out God knows what Sen. Hillary Clinton really wants to extract from the Democratic Party in exchange for her departure from the nomination process. But let's hope it's not what most of the media are reporting: that she wants -- Sen. Barack Obama to add ... http://www.caglepost.com/article/6cdb8417-bdf7-4878-9318-be3d75fec70c.html Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT Getting Tough On Gas Guzzlers Let's see. A key measure of consumer confidence dropped this month to its lowest level in 16 years, "as Americans grew more concerned about their jobs and more pessimistic about business conditions." Meanwhile, "Oil prices have doubled in the past 12... http://www.caglepost.com/article/2316acc2-57b2-4d48-a2d4-e38b94225c36.html Wed, 28 May 2008 07:00:00 GMT Race, Gender Permeate Presidential Race A victory in Oregon, yes, but a 35-point thrashing in Kentucky on Tuesday for presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama. Although both states are populated predominantly by white voters, together they prove white comes in many different shades. Ore... http://www.caglepost.com/article/71a05879-87de-4dee-847d-d0604e0f137a.html Wed, 21 May 2008 07:00:00 GMT Racism Emerges In The Democratic Primaries A telling point about white, working class voters and how some of them will vote when (and it looks like when, not if) Sen. Barack Obama becomes the Democratic nominee was made in an article in this week's Washington Post. The monster lurking behind ... http://www.caglepost.com/article/c2f42761-a969-43aa-880c-99afe21faf43.html Wed, 14 May 2008 07:00:00 GMT End The Mistreatment of Race Horses If you, as I, cannot get that horrific image of Eight Belles being put to death at Churchill Downs last weekend out of your head, you can take action to help quell the horror. All racetracks, not just those in California, must be forced to install ne... http://www.caglepost.com/article/b6521830-62a3-43d8-a58d-87cd15223e5f.html Wed, 07 May 2008 07:00:00 GMT The Wright Time For Obama To Consider Dropping Out Sen. Barack Obama's response to Rev. Jeremiah Wright's incendiary appearance on Monday at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. is not just a day late and a dollar short: it's a month-and-a-half late and a few million dollars short. Wright's se... http://www.caglepost.com/article/f26cdb63-b9ee-4672-b959-dfa73f2c1929.html Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:00:00 GMT The Kitchen Ad If you haven't viewed the "attack" ad that is generating so much anger against Hillary Rodham Clinton, at least in the Ivory Tower offices of The New York Times and among many Barack Obama supporters, you owe it to yourself to watch it. It's at http:... http://www.caglepost.com/article/9a6f7783-387a-4092-8664-2a000916c1d6.html Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:00:00 GMT Economics Disfigured For years, government figures on economic growth (or lack thereof) have mystified me as being so far out of whack with reality as to bare little or no resemblance to it. This is true for figures on economic growth, job creation and inflation. In 2005... http://www.caglepost.com/article/d47feae8-2318-49e0-ad48-cba6a75ddc94.html Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:00:00 GMT Sweet Music Fish Make The more I learn about fish, the less I find myself able to eat them. I am now and have been for close to a decade a vegetarian of a particular subspecies. "Pescatarian'' is a term I found on the Internet which describes people who abstain from eatin... http://www.caglepost.com/article/d1b7619c-3f85-454a-a743-8b77acccf869.html Wed, 09 Apr 2008 07:00:00 GMT Exactly Which Democrat Should Drop Out? Here's a statement you're hearing all over the place: one of the Democratic presidential candidates should drop out of the race. Here's a suggestion you'll hear nowhere else: Why shouldn't that person be Sen. Barack Obama? Before the sky collapses on... http://www.caglepost.com/article/d0aa532a-8f59-4fb0-b085-4f21cec19a6d.html Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:00:00 GMT Red Hills Tragedy Earlier this month there was a series of tragic events in Florida at the Red Hills Horse Trials competition. Horse trials, or "eventing," is an equestrian sport in which horse and rider participate in a number of disciplines including dressage (so-ca... http://www.caglepost.com/article/a8284ce0-62c0-4b37-9f34-1635a6e6c3a5.html Wed, 26 Mar 2008 07:00:00 GMT Caucusgoers Have Their Say Last week in this space I reported on an internal memo prepared by a volunteer Washington state precinct officer for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. This person had prepared the memo based on her experience during the Washington caucuses and from inform... http://www.caglepost.com/article/d7dab97c-f401-4291-9b06-2dcc711ad666.html Thu, 20 Mar 2008 07:00:00 GMT Spicy Tandoori Chicken ... Fat Substitutes Dear Lynne: While we were in Zanzibar, we went on a spice-plantation tour. At the end of the tour, I bought some true cinnamon and red curry powder. Now, I'd appreciate some new ideas for using cinnamon and for using red curry powder. I think it has ... http://www.caglepost.com/article/c909c4b9-dbaa-4dec-9abc-9503f5e35e80.html Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:00:00 GMT Democratic Caucus Disruptions Search the Web for "caucus disruptions" and allegations of caucus-vote disruptions lodged against supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton predominate among the first 20 links that come up. I have obtained a copy of... http://www.caglepost.com/article/f79e70e6-5443-435b-8baf-17055a6d346c.html Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:00:00 GMT Attractions Of A Clinton-Obama Ticket The likelihood of a brokered or negotiated compromise between Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama in which the two would run on the same ticket was until Tuesday's Texas and Ohio primaries somewhere between slim and none. But the "morning a... http://www.caglepost.com/article/bbf0fcac-df6f-4a50-91d3-4361c0e1b5a8.html Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:00:00 GMT Media Gender Bias? Are media outlets biased against Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton due to her gender? It's an open question and one I'm not prepared to answer. But Tuesday night's debate in Cleveland certainly blew open some angles for examination. First, there's the time... http://www.caglepost.com/article/3e0a0208-9da9-4cd7-860e-18d0aacea188.html Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:00:00 GMT Shake-Up Looming in California Capitol California voters' rejection of Proposition 93, a measure that would have eased legislative term limits, touched off an immediate scramble for power in the Capitol. With the Legislature's two top leaders, Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez and Senate Pres... http://www.caglepost.com/article/d5413daa-5207-4a57-9813-a97c8dac8d2c.html Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:00:00 GMT How Immigration And Inflation Are Linked The two "i" words are back in the news, one more prominently than the other. The more prominent is "inflation." The less prominent at the moment is "immigration" (of the illegal variety). The two issues are more closely tied than one would think. Non... http://www.caglepost.com/article/b4fb38a4-bf62-4c05-bbb0-7d25af056c22.html Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:00:00 GMT If Hillary Loses, Do Women Lose? It's Obama's to lose now. The race is as good as over. On the Democratic side that is. The Obama Phenom is gaining velocity and surge, not losing it. Sen. Barack Obama will get his comeuppance from the media---the kind of sorting-through-each-pebble ... http://www.caglepost.com/article/8a352396-d74b-4dde-b237-70525cc149b6.html Tue, 19 Feb 2008 08:00:00 GMT Abby, Her Readers Tackle Society's 'Greatest Problem' Abby Jr. may not have the punning ability of her late mother, and she may be just a little more sarcastic in her responses, but she still has an enormous readership. And when she asks a question, they respond. Never more so, at least not in recent ye... http://www.caglepost.com/article/a54ada6b-d578-46d3-90ce-98d8c514ea98.html Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:00:00 GMT An Unhealthy Trend Obesity can't be solved by legislation Although the lawmaker who proposed it claims his aim was only to "shed light" on obesity in his home state, Mississippi state Rep. John Read's attempt to shed the public's pounds were little more than a waste of... http://www.caglepost.com/article/6c3e70c5-61d2-40fe-ba8e-4016d464cb1c.html Fri, 08 Feb 2008 08:00:00 GMT Is The 'Phenom' Phase Over For Obama? The "phenom" phase of Sen. Barack Obama's campaign may be ending. The shine may be starting to deflect off the star. 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