• The Morning After- November 9, 2016

    The Morning After- November 9, 2016

    On the morning of November 9, 2016, I pulled into the faculty parking lot of my school since 1987. I was tired as I was up late; yesterday was Election Day and I stayed up as late as I could knowing I would crash in a haze of fatigue in the last class or two…

  • Politics is a Blood Sport

    Politics is a Blood Sport

    After his heroic service as the youngest Naval combat pilot in the Second World War, George Herbert Walker Bush left the aristocracy of the Northeastern United States for Texas to make his mark on his own. His father, Prescott Bush had served as a United States senator from Connecticut. He tried his luck in the…

  • I’m Paying for This Microphone Mr. Green!

    I’m Paying for This Microphone Mr. Green!

    For decades, ‘Likeability:” has been a big factor in the electability of political candidates, particularly at the highest levels. In 2008, the usually articulate Barack Obama commented to one of his opponents “You’re likable enough Hillary” which may have cost him the New Hampshire primary.             Ronald Reagan was certainly a likable, amiable man. After…