Monthly Archives: April 2009

Mid-Day Reading List

Let the obsession begin!  The 100 days mark is fast approaching - next Wednesday, to be exact - but the flurry of analysis and commentary is already being published.  The White House press corps, I think, has done a good job asking tough questions recently and keeping folks in check on some of the more [...]

Mid-Day Reading List

The debate over the Obama Adminstration releasing Bush-era documents on enhanced interrogation techniques continues to rage on.  What do you think?
National Post asks how Janet Got Her Job
Obama Admin Muddles Message (from Politico) - purely from a communications standpoint, they are right on.  There have been so many conflicting messages coming for the ranks on the [...]

Mid-Day Reading List

I skipped yesterday - - - oops!  Lots of fun news out there today.
AP’s Loven and ABC’s Tapper Get Heated with Gibbs - Key is they have a solid point.  $100 million out of the nearly $4 trillion budget is nothing.  Compare this: If you make $50,000 a year, it would be the equivalent of you [...]

The Video

Finally!  Here is my Fox News appearance from Thursday.  For holding up my Flip and recording it off the TV, it turned out alright - although the sound and quality aren’t perfect.  You can watch it on YouTube here or below.

Mid-Day Reading List

Over-shadowing Obama’s trip south is the release of Bush-era memos on enhanced interrogation techniques used against terrorist suspects.  Lots of buzz about this and comments flying from both sides of the aisle.  Really the dominant issue today.
AFP on interrogation memo
Hayden/Mukasey WSJ op-ed
Chat with Cuba closer to reality
Palin hits the Hoosier State (can you blame her?)
Serbia’s [...]

Mid-Day Reading List

From Schererville, Indiana, the Mid-Day Reading List for Thursday, April 16, 2009.
Beckel/Thomas in USA Today
Obama heads south of the border, down Mexico way…
Madden’s coach bus comes to a stop; Collinsworth to replace
Jindal v Cheney
Politico says it’s Obama Saturation Nation

Trouble at the Border

I just got back from a Fox News hit on “Happening Now” to discuss President Obama’s trip to Mexico and the increasing problems at our southern border with drug trafficking.  Jon Scott did the interview and Bob Beckel, campaign manager for Mondale’s 1984 campaign, was my co-panelist.  It was a lot of fun.  Many thanks [...]

FOX News & New Column

I will be on FOX News Channel’s “Happening Now” to discuss President Obama’s trip to Mexico at 11:30 eastern/10:30 central.  Tune in!
Also, new column in The Times (of NW Indiana) today on the spread of digital democracies.  Just this week we’ve had three great examples.  Check it out here.

Night Cap

A few quick reads to close out the day.  Of course, I’m passing by the BIG stories here - Tea Par-tays, Mexican drug cartels and more news from pirates…but these are two stories you can’t miss.
YOU can spend a day with Bill Clinton in NYC - just help Hillary pay off debt
More folks getting political [...]

Mid-Day Reading List

For Wednesday, April 15 - hmmm…today is something important right?
Santelli on Tea Parties
Pirates Nabbed!
Burger King to Scrap Ad (and it’s not Sir Mix-a-lot)
Colbert Denied Honor; Gets Another

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