Archive for: barack obama
Grading the Candidates: A Report Card for the GOP Debate
Credit: David S. Holloway/CNN Let the games begin. I say “games,” because the race certainly has not started yet, and CNN tried to run Monday night’s...
David Brooks: Politics, Culture, and Condoms at Costco
Who buys 120 packs of condoms at Costco? Optimistic Americans, according to David Brooks. Brooks spoke at Scripps on Tuesday night as part of an annual series of...
A Tradition Lives: Congress!
Tradition is on all of our minds, lately. Fountain parties, TNCs, and Madrigals are all well and good, but CMC has other traditions worth keeping, celebrating, and...
CMC Celeb: Isaac Goldberg
Have you ever walked into Collins and overheard a bit of an intriguing story? Have you been left wondering what your fellow CMCers are up to? Introducing CMC Celeb,...
No Context for Mariana Cook
Mariana Cook came to speak at the Athenaeum on Tuesday evening. Her photographs were stunning, but so was the lack of context offered by the artist about her work.
The Birther Madness
The Birther movement is convinced that President Obama is not a natural-born citizen and hence is constitutionally prohibited from being President.
8:27 Procrastination: Obamabot
Obama is famous for his handsome presidential grin, but there is something amiss here… I smell an android.
8:27 Procrastination: Kanye Interrupts Obama
By now, you’ve probably all seen/heard about Kanye’s grandstanding douchebaggery during the MTV VMA awards this week. Well, believe it or not, he was
Obama’s Nixon Moment
The other day I was listening to Sean Hannity on the radio. It seems that “Conservatism in Exile” has come dangerously close to preaching the “He’s not...
David Brooks at the Ath
New York Times columnist and conservative pundit David Brooks gave a speech at the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum tonight. The speech was followed by an extended question-answer...
