Weir Only Human When I hear words like “Jews are the anti-Christ, the Satanic Jews, Jews are chosen by Satan, Judaism is a gutter religion,” and many more virulent anti-Semitic comments, I know exactly who’s speaking. There’s only one person in this country evil enough to utter such hate-filled diatribe, while knowing full well that he has immunity from public …
By BOB WEIR
For Immediate Release: Top 10 Living Communicators Who Influence Change By RONN TOROSSIAN
Great communicators can influence change, whether political, cultural or in business. From Winston Churchill to Ronald Reagan, Steve Jobs to Martin Luther King, history is full of individuals who, through their words and deeds, have shifted public opinion and behavior. Barack Obama, Stephen Colbert, and the “Oracle of Omaha” Warren Buffet are all hailed as great communicators – no argument …
New York Civic: Clinton Suggested Obama Resist Threats of Default By HENRY J. STERN
Journalism is habitually critical of government officials and bureaucracy. Most people, when polled objectively, tell us that they hold public officials in modest regard. Traditionally, legislators rank substantially lower in public esteem than executives. Notwithstanding those sentiments, however, voters usually re-elect their local representatives, unless the public mood shifts substantially, as it did in 2010. The popularity of the President, a governor …
Current Commentary: The 2012 Election Campaign Gets Underway BY Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
You might think the 2012 presidential campaign will get underway on the morning of Nov. 3, when both parties survey the results of the midterm elections. But I think it is safe to say that the race for the White House has already begun. President Obama got things started earlier this month with his heavily publicized speech in Cleveland, in which he attacked …
Getting Closer to Consensus on Gay Rights
In one remarkable summer, three federal judges in three very different parts of the country have struck down laws depriving homosexual Americans of rights everyone else takes for granted. This is what an emerging consensus looks like.