Tag Archives: President Obama

The Unpardonable Occupant of our White House

Posted on March 2, 2020 by nowandthenadays

On February 18, 2020, the current occupant of our White House, Donald Trump, granted clemency to eleven individuals who – except for two drug offenders – had been convicted of crimes involving fraud, bribery, tax evasion and other sorts of … Continue reading →

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Tis the Season for Fearing

Posted on February 13, 2016 by nowandthenadays

Writer’s note: In case you feel like I’m repeating myself, you subscribers may remember a post by the same title that I published here last month.  For reasons that you would not really care about, I removed it from the website. … Continue reading →

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The Children, the President, and the Lady

Posted on July 26, 2014 by nowandthenadays

Recently, the right-wing media and their favorite politicians lambasted President Obama for not taking a quick field trip to the Texas/Mexico border. They were suggesting that as long as he was in Austin, he was already “in the neighborhood,” and … Continue reading →

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How about an International Women’s Decade?

Posted on March 16, 2013 by nowandthenadays

I suspect that many of you are oblivious to the significance of March 8th and probably didn’t see any reference to it anywhere last week. Except for the Google doodle referencing International Women’s Day (“IWD”), it didn’t get much media … Continue reading →

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Choppy Waters for Fish Bowl Families

Posted on January 30, 2013 by nowandthenadays

As the world knows by now, Kate Middleton, the future queen of Great Britain, is enceinte.   On both sides of the pond, we’ve been made privy to the details of her dreadful morning sickness and, of course, the tragic suicide of the poor nurse who allowed a telephonic … Continue reading →

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Let the Campaigning End and the (Mc)Governing Begin

Posted on November 5, 2012 by nowandthenadays

These days of so much  political vitriol being directed at whoever is not on the side of the vitriol-spewer, makes it easy to turn away from the negativity and forget that it doesn’t have to be this way. I can … Continue reading →

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We, the People of the United Corporations of America…

Posted on June 13, 2012 by nowandthenadays

It has become common to hear contenders for public office trumpet their experience in the business world as a significant reason for them being elected to government posts.  The rationale is that business people would bring a business approach to … Continue reading →

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