Politics

If you’ve staked out a position on Iran that’s roughly midway between Jonah Goldberg and Ayatollah Khamenei, then you’re probably on the right track. And that’s pretty much where President Barack Obama stands. Obama’s reaction to the “results” of Iran’s June 12th election and the subsequent uprising have been judicious: “We in the United States…

Victor Davis Hanson is confused about the national logic since November 4th, 2008. Some things just don’t seem to make much sense and he’s jotted down a ten-item list to help out. THE BUZZ will keep score with Zing points. Hanson writes: “1. The budget. Wanting to cut $17 billion from the budget, as President…

Iran’s supreme leader says last week’s election was above board and that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s victory was “definitive.” Addressing a crowd at Tehran University during Friday prayers, the Ayatollah Khamenei dismissed vote-rigging charges and asked that those who take exception with the results use the proper legal avenues to do so. He did not call for…

NewsOne is reporting that George W. Bush has ended his silence embargo on President Obama. To wit: “I told you I’m not going to criticize my successor, I’ll just tell you that there are people at Gitmo that will kill American people at a drop of a hat and I don’t believe that persuasion isn’t…

In this segment, Dayo and Matt riff on health care. You can check out the entire conversation here.

Renaissance 2010 shuts down underperforming Chicago schools and turns them around through contract or charter school. In the turnaround process, lots of experienced teachers get the pink slip. Many of those slipped are Black women. This was Secretary of Education Duncan’s baby when he was CEO of Chicago public schools. He’s trying to take this…

Barack Obama still does not support gay marriage, but he supports benefits for gay federal employees and their partners. Today, the president will sign a memorandum granting health care and other benefits to the partners of federal employees CNN reports. This move comes after criticism over Obama’s support for the Defense of Marriage Act, which…

As Father’s Day approaches, we often reflect on the male role models, father figures and patriarchs who are instrumental in our lives. We hold them in high regard because they possess qualities we admire: courage and strength, perseverance and determination, humility and grace. To DeJuan Correira, his “Uncle Troy” embodies all of these attributes. A…

It has to be tough being president. Not just the responsibility and constant stress, but also having to remain cool when you clearly want to snap.

Two major strides were made recently in the world of debt management. President Barack Obama signed the Credit CARD Act of 2009 into law. That same week, I mailed a check for the remaining balance of my First Premier credit card. These two actions are related not just because they deal with credit cards, but…