Is Fear stronger than Hope? Does Anger trump Joy? I know it’s not as
simple as that, and both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris (like the
voters that vote for them) are a complex mix of emotion an...
“Who was the fat lady?” asked my mom, who had walked in near the
end of my four-hour watch-snooze election marathon. I looked at her
for a second and tried not to get anymore choked up than I...
Kathleen Parker in The Washington Post put it well. First she likened
Obama to Mr Cool himself, Frank Sinatra. He’s a cat. He’s
doesn’t sweat… anything. He is the envy of cucumbers. When
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President Thabo Mbeki’s shock resignation on Sunday night has me
reaching for my Julius Caesar (Act 3, scene 2). I have this image of
the noble Caesar (Mbeki) cut down in the forum by the consp...
