Carla Bruni wrote in her memoir that you were disillusioned with being First Lady: "It's hell, I can't stand it!" you said. Maybe that isn't true, but just in case it is, I thought I'd mention that many on the left share your feelings. Almost thirty percent of...
Posted August 24, 2011 | 08/24/11 09:07 PM ET
When I heard today that Steve Jobs was resigning, I noticed tears welling up in my eyes. It is not that Steve was the "greatest CEO of all time" as MSNBC says he was. It was not that he resurrected a company that was once in danger of going under...
Posted August 19, 2010 | 08/19/10 07:24 PM ET
Today there are 20 million displaced Pakistanis waiting in line for food, for help, or any kind of meager international assistance which might drip down to them.
What we Americans fail to realize about this huge environmental crisis and how it impacts what we are doing in that part...
Posted June 1, 2010 | 06/01/10 01:38 PM ET
The Gulf Oil Disaster: plugging the leaks in our consciousness
Jerry Kroth
Currently we are budgeting half a billion dollars for GE to develop an engine for the new F-35 fighter plane, but down here on the ground, 38 millions gallons of crude are spilling into the Gulf of Mexico...
Posted February 1, 2010 | 02/01/10 12:43 PM ET
Everyday the President of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, reportedly likes to sacrifice a black goat "to ward off the evil eye." Sounds okay, I guess, but it kind of makes you wonder just how rapidly the $13 billion we gave to Pakistan since 2002 is really helping them...
Posted October 5, 2011 | 10/05/11 03:26 PM ET