Tory Redux

Author: Jon Siemko

  • "I Don’t Think There’s A Sense That I’ve Been Successful"

    it looks like President Obama is starting to position himself again as a post-partisan president taking on the Washington establishment. I hope the American people don’t fall for this retro-rhetoric again in 2012. [ Click here for video]

    From real clear politics


    No, I don’t think there’s a sense that I’ve been successful. I think people feel that Washington still is dysfunctional,” President Obama told Colorado’s 9NEWS.


    “I think people still feel that overall Washington is about a lot of politics and special interests and big money, but that ordinary people’s voices too often aren’t represented and so my hope is that we are going to continue to work to rebuilding a sense of trust in government,” he said.

  • Santa Not Welcome at YMCA



    No more sweating to the oldies for Santa down at  the YMCA.


    From Fox  news online


    Forget about bringing a list or checking it twice — Frosty doesn’t take gift requests, and doesn’t care if you’re naughty or nice.
    YMCA officials, who say they are in the midst of “rebranding” the Young Men’s Christian Association to “The Y,” defended their decision.
    “It wasn’t replacing; it was transitioning,” said John Rappaport, executive director of the McBurney YMCA. “We realized that change is sometimes good, and that Frosty is a great winter character who would appeal to a broader number of kids.”
    The decision to ditch Father Christmas came down from McBurney branch administration, not the Y’s Chicago headquarters.
    A chilly reception greeted the news that the YMCA — an organization founded to spread Christian values in 1844 — was replacing the Christmas icon with a secular cartoon character.


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    Is this a sign of the times or political correctness gone awry. ? 

  • What is The Difference Between a Master’s Thesis and a Polemic ?

    The answer seems to be not much. [click here]