Perhaps what we were really saying is that we didn't want a real solution, but rather for the immediate problem to go away. How many of us are living in the United States of Denial?
"I like O'Reilly; I like his show and am flattered that he wants me to be a regular contributor to his show. It's not far from my satellite studio where I do the webcast. On Mondays I go in, do about seven or eight minutes of complaining about something and go home."
A few months ago, Sarah Palin, with her trademark sarcasm, asked Obama supporters, "How's that hopey changey stuff working out for ya?"
Voters are allowed to kick a likable guy out of office. That's the core message in the second phase of Americans for Prosperity's largest ad campai...
Even the most ardent Obama supporter can't in good conscience or sound mental state argue that President Obama has changed the way Washington works. He's just played the game a little better.
Our minds -- and those of politicians -- feed on overconfidence. We want to believe not only the promise but that the person who made it can deliver. A recent book by Nobel-winning economist/psychologist Daniel Kahneman helps explain this.
The hope that determination and sufficient planning would lead us towards our goals is gone. There is a generation of talented Americans vanishing before our eyes.
Why would Hillary accept and go from being Secretary of State to vice president? The biggest reason would be to help save Obama's presidency.
Even before the most recent economic crisis, we have allowed our children to see the devastation of our earth, of our country, of our Native Americans, of our poor people and of our sick people.
Last autumn, just before the midterm elections, a group of Democratic Congress members -- call them the "Super Blues" -- petitioned President Obama no...
When the Administration says they want to work with Boehner and McConnell, they do. The way a five-year-old with a magnifying glass wants to work with ants. Same goes for Republicans.
If you listen to the Tea Party candidates...actually listen to what they (as opposed to the media filters) are saying, you start to hear the same language of hope and optimism we heard in 2008.
The debate on education should be as nuanced as the lives of the various children who walk through the doors of our nation's schools every day, intent on learning.
We need to follow Obama's example of reaching across the barriers that divide us as a people. We must learn how to reach into our hearts and truly meet another human being exactly where they are.
Long gone is the unique American social phenomenon that each new generation will "do better" than the last. Things are starting to feel more like "The Grapes of Wrath" than "The Great Gatsby."
Yes, Hanukkah candles drip. There are always distractions from every family ritual, but try to "be in the moment." Don't slip into "freak-out" mode just because something isn't going as planned.
