Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
July 19, 2010
The British are coming…
British Prime Minister David Cameron, in power since last May, arrives Tuesday to the US for his first official visit. In the UK there is a lot of expectation about the treatment he will receive by the Obama administration. The British have not forgotten the shoddy treatment the former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown got last year during his White House visit. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
June 10, 2010
Daniel Ellsberg once more against the White House
Many of us still remember the uproar when in 1971 Daniel Ellsberg, the former United States marine and military analyst, set off a crisis by leaking the “Pentagon Papers” to several newspapers, the New York Times among them. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
June 8, 2010
Was Helen Thomas gagged?
Helen Thomas was the longest serving member of the White House press corps. She had reported from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue for 57 years, going back to the presidency of Dwight Eisenhower. Sadly and after remarks made during a videotaped interview for a website called rabbilive.com., Ms Thomas announced she was retiring from Hearst Newspapers where she was a columnist. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
June 5, 2010
Joe Biden goes to bat for Israel
In many parts of the world people were outraged by the raid of the Israelis on the humanitarian flotilla and there was some incomprehension by the tepid response to it of President Obama who last Thursday in a television interview when asked if it were premature to condemn Israel answered, “I think that we need to know what all of the facts are.” Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
March 15, 2010
Health overhaul begins the finish line
This afternoon the action finally begins in the House and if things go according to the predictions of the White House and the wishes of the Democrats, it could be that America might end before Easter with a Health Reform bill. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
February 3, 2010
No more blaming, please
The whole world knows that when Barack Obama was inaugurated president he arrived to the Oval Office to find severe problems left by his predecessor. But Obama has already been president for one year and things have not improved. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
January 25, 2010
Fighting for the middle class?
Never mind what the White House officials are spinning about their reaction to the Massachusetts defeat of the Democrats, it is quite evident that they are worried and upset. And that is probably a good thing. It is time that they realize, from the president on, that their fellow citizens are not happy with the state of the country. Read the rest of this entry »
