Jack Cashil: The Competing Narratives of Barry and Sarah

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The Competing Narratives of Barry and Sarah
By Jack Cashil
In the spring of 1964, Sarah Heath, then just three months old, flew into backwater Skagway, Alaska (population 650) aboard a 1930s-era Grumman Goose to start a new life with her parents, brother, and sister.
At that same time, in America’s other new [...]

Michael Barone: Expectations of Hope and Change

Michael Barone looks at the coming Obama presidency.  Read the whole column at that link
Expectations of Hope and Change
by Michael Barone
A new generation is coming to the White House. Barack Obama, born in 1961, is technically a baby boomer. But his early years were straight out of Generation X — abandoned by his father and, [...]

Michael Barone: Message From Georgia: This Too Shall Pass

The great Michael Barone offers some sobering commentary on the post-election landscape. Read the whole article at Townhall.com…
Message From Georgia: This Too Shall Pass
by Michael Barone
The world doesn’t stand still. Case in point: the Georgia runoff election last week made necessary because Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss failed, barely, to win an absolute majority on [...]

George Will: Same Old New Deal?

George Will has some interesting insights into Obama’s proposed economic policies. Read the whole article at The Jewish World Review…
Same Old New Deal?
by George Will
Early in what became the Great Depression, John Maynard Keynes was asked if anything similar had ever happened. “Yes,” he replied, “it was called the Dark Ages and it lasted [...]

Obama assembling staff of Clintonistas

Some familiar faces showing up to join Team Obama.  The Wall Street Journal reports…

Obama Hires More Clinton White House Veterans
President-elect Barack Obama continued to fill out staff positions for his incoming administration during the weekend, with many of the new appointees having Clinton White House pedigrees.
Gregory B. Craig, a former State Department official who [...]