http://www.etalkinghead.com/ en-us 2009-06-26 http://www.etalkinghead.com/archives/should-obama-talk-about-michael-jackson-2009-06-26.html By Roland Laird | Given the sudden tragic death of Michael Jackson, I'm wondering if it is appropriate for President Obama to issue an official extended statement. I wouldn't pose such a question of a George W. Bush or even Bill Clinton, but... 2009-06-26 http://www.etalkinghead.com/archives/obamas-anemic-approach-to-foreign-policy-2009-06-09.html By Philip Mella | Our understanding of leadership inevitably takes us down the road which intersects with character, principles, and values. Each American president had a public persona and agenda that reflected some mix of these vital elements, each of which differed in degrees... 2009-06-09 http://www.etalkinghead.com/archives/what-if-texas-really-tried-to-secede-2009-04-27.html By Terry Mitchell | Texas Governor Rick Perry recently stated that he believed his state would be within its legal rights to secede from the United States. Although he gave no indication that such a move is imminent or even under serious consideration, many... 2009-04-27 http://www.etalkinghead.com/archives/nicolas-sarkozy-redefining-capitalism-2009-04-07.html By William Robert Barber | In keeping with the Sarkozy expression of the recent G-20 (London) Summit, one could deduce that the functional righteousness of capitalism as an effective economic operating system is being scurrilously assaulted and besieged by the socialistic governments of Europe. The... 2009-04-07 http://www.etalkinghead.com/archives/is-capitalism-immoral-2009-04-07.html By Philip Mella | Perhaps you saw the protester's banner outside the G-20 Summit that read "Capitalism is Immoral." Writing at Townhall.com, Austin Hill explores this assertion and makes a reasonable foray into the argument's inner paradoxes, such as asking what the protester's alternative... 2009-04-07 http://www.etalkinghead.com/archives/obama-and-his-faithfuls-charge-into-socialism-2009-03-03.html By William Robert Barber | The Obama faithful, as well as, their leader is finding that governing has nothing to do with campaigning. While in the midst of a political campaign the contender can accuse, vilify, and repeat scurrilous nonsense with near impunity. The contender... 2009-03-03 http://www.etalkinghead.com/archives/obama-the-anointed-one-is-dead-wrong-2009-03-02.html By William Robert Barber | By means extraordinary, as if foretold in the contextual of an ancient Homeric narrative, the protagonist confronts a series of heretofore invincible dragons. Obama the Inexperienced and Untested; faced and defeated the dragon of the highly improbable, sometimes known as... 2009-03-02 http://www.etalkinghead.com/archives/relearning-old-lessons-at-our-own-expense-2009-02-20.html By Philip Mella | Although sanitizing history in service to political goals is a timeworn practice of those who lack confidence in their ideas, every political season it's dressed up in new garb as though it was opening night on Broadway. This time around... 2009-02-20 http://www.etalkinghead.com/archives/a-funny-thing-happened-on-the-way-to-post-partisanship-2009-02-12.html By Wayne D. King | Changing the way Washington does business won't be easy or quick. A funny thing happened on the way to a post-partisan Washington. The Democratic House decided it didn't need to be post-partisan because it had the votes and the Republicans... 2009-02-12 http://www.etalkinghead.com/archives/is-mccarthyism-making-a-comeback-2009-01-28.html By Terry Mitchell | A certain one-note politician from the state of New York is angered by the fact that her governor selected Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand to replace Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the U.S. Senate. Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, a fanatical gun control... 2009-01-28 http://www.etalkinghead.com/archives/president-obama-governing-versus-campaigning-2009-01-20.html By Philip Mella | For many Republicans, the weeks leading up to today's inauguration of President Obama reflected the residual bitterness of loss as the nation began adjusting to a new party in power. Many on the right, at the national and local level,... 2009-01-20 http://www.etalkinghead.com/archives/campbell-browns-bias-and-bull-2009-01-14.html By Terry Mitchell | In her commentary on Monday night, CNN's Campbell Brown harshly criticized President George W. Bush for his administration's response in the wake of hurricane Katrina in 2005. First of all, Brown, like many other mainstream journalists, is not qualified to... 2009-01-14 http://www.etalkinghead.com/archives/economicsthe-infantile-science-2009-01-05.html By Robert Adler | At the start of the 21st Century, it shouldn't take a Nobel-Prize-winning mind to understand that all dynamic systems need regulation in order to function and last. The first steam engines ran away with themselves and blew up. Engineers came... 2009-01-05 http://www.etalkinghead.com/archives/are-americans-ready-for-a-depressionera-sense-of-sacrifice-2008-12-18.html By Philip Mella | It's been observed that a voluntary sacrifice is the height of virtue but produces lessons with an abbreviated half-life. In contrast, a forced sacrifice requires little virtue but its lessons are nearly eternal, written as they are in our psyche... 2008-12-18 http://www.etalkinghead.com/archives/should-a-white-person-get-hillarys-senate-seat-2008-12-10.html By Terry Mitchell | Now that Hillary Clinton is set to become the next Secretary of State, who should New York Gov. David Patterson choose to replace her in the U.S. Senate? What if a white congressman from New York insisted that Patterson select... 2008-12-10 http://www.etalkinghead.com/archives/solar-schools-initiative-2008-12-09.html By Wayne D. King | An initiative to put collectors on Schools would pay huge dividends within the context of a national economic stimulus package. This blog entry is the first in a series of suggestions for green initiatives that would meet the five criteria... 2008-12-09 http://www.etalkinghead.com/archives/bailing-out-the-big-three-has-no-sensibility-2008-12-05.html By William Robert Barber | The Answer For The Auto Industry Is Bankruptcy. Bailing out GM, Ford, and Chrysler how absurd and contrary to the practice of business sensibility! What would normally constitute factionists contesters: The 'Big Three' (auto manufactures and world-wide distributors) have found... 2008-12-05 http://www.etalkinghead.com/archives/the-outrageous-case-against-plaxico-burress-2008-12-03.html By Terry Mitchell | New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress could go to prison for a minimum of three and a half years as a result of accidentally shooting himself in the leg at a New York City nightclub. I know New York... 2008-12-03 http://www.etalkinghead.com/archives/the-lefts-brave-new-world-2008-11-24.html By Philip Mella | Even casual observers of American politics are aware of how adept the left has been at eschewing the term 'liberal' in favor of 'progressive.' Writing in Salon, Michael Lind provides a lucid historical analysis of the American left, or, as... 2008-11-24 http://www.etalkinghead.com/archives/a-connecticut-checkmate-2008-11-17.html By Wayne D. King | I raised some ire among a few folks recently with my suggestion that Obama should demonstrate his magnanimity by welcoming Lieberman back into the fold. By 8pm on the evening in which I wrote the piece, the evening news had... 2008-11-17