Posted in Obama, Olympics, On The Marque, politics, tagged education, Obama, On The Marque, politics, race, taxes on October 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Today’s theme is quality time:
A high school teacher in Alexandria writes a moving, yet troubling, article in Sunday’s Washington Post, exploring why his students are about to graduate without an education (hint: it’s missing fathers and busy mothers). The immutable, bracing tragedy of it all comes flying at you from the first sentence. How is [...]
Posted in Obama, On The Marque, economy, politics, tagged economy, health care, Obama, On The Marque, politics on October 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The word of the day is “decline”:
If you read nothing else for the rest of the year about the Obama presidency and the direction it is taking the country, read Krauthammer in this week’s Weekly Standard. No, really – go read it. I’ll wait.
Riffing on Krauthammer’s theme, Mark Steyn dishes up lugubrious drollery as only [...]
Posted in Obama, On The Marque, health care, politics, tagged bailouts, media, Obama, On The Marque, politics, writing on September 21, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Victor Davis Hanson packs so much bright wisdom into these three pages of interweb text, it almost makes you want to look away.
Obama may be ready to bail out his friends in the media, possibly by turning them into demi-churches — tax-exempt organizations with unique constitutional protection. Of course, that won’t make the press any [...]
Posted in On The Marque, tagged Freeman, Limbaugh, Obama, On The Marque, politics, Steele on March 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’ve been both slammed at work and incredibly negligent about this blog, so in an effort to get myself back in the swing of posting, I’m starting a new feature here at Marque’s Letters — On The Marque. In it, I’ll highlight the two or three articles or posts that I found most insightful on [...]
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