In late January of this year a previously unreleased photo of then Sen. Barack Obama schmoozing it up with Louis Farrakhan was made public. The photo had been kept away from public view to protect the political aspirant from potential negative fallout for associating with the racist and anti-Semitic leader of the Nation of Islam […]
Obama shortens sentence for Benicia man
Back in October, President Barack Obama announced shortened sentences for 98 convicted criminals. One of them was a man from Benicia named Rico Mayo. On Feb. 9, 1998, Mayo was convicted by the Eastern District of California for the possession of five or more grams of cocaine base, the use of a firearm […]
Bruce Robinson: The Red Queen and Obama’s legacy
Remember The Red Queen in “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”? If you’re a millennial, probably not. Some may think it’s Helena Bonham Carter, the actress who played The Red Queen in Tim Burton’s 2010 film version starring Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter. But, as one anonymous online reviewer of that glitzy production observed, “Poor Lewis […]
Bruce Robinson: Vetting the vets
(Note: This article was originally published in the December 7, 2011 edition of the Herald) “There’s no better defense than an aggressive defense.” “Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.” These immortal utterances by a 20th Century football coach and an 18th Century lexicographer may seem like strange sources of political wisdom, but there’s […]
Dennis Lund: And they wonder why we are angry?
Human nature tells us that everyone experiences anger, to some degree or level. What needs to be understood are the triggering and venting mechanisms and how those factors play into today’s politics. We are told that the current rise of Donald Trump is the result of the classic “Angry White Male” syndrome. But that is […]
Bruce Robinson: It’s time to help the president out
President Obama certainly does seem to be in an awful fix these days. He can’t get Congress to raise taxes on the rich so he can invest in high-speed trains like the one that just killed a lot of people in China. He can’t get enough rich Americans to sit down and have a fund-raiser […]