Posts Tagged Obama
No More Susie Sunshine
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Gay Rights on February 21st, 2010
Anyone who has read my columns over the years knows I am a resolute optimist. My general theme is something along the lines of “Yes, this bad thing or that has happened, but overall, look at the progress America is making.” And it’s true—over the long haul, we have seen progress in the general culture, [...]
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Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Random Blogging on January 26th, 2010
Anyone who has read my columns over the years knows I am a resolute optimist. My general theme is something along the lines of “Yes, this bad thing or that has happened, but overall, look at the progress America is making.” And it’s true—over the long haul, we have seen progress in the general culture, [...]
Continue reading...Happily Ever After
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Public Policy and Governance on January 10th, 2010
The last time I babysat my younger grandchildren, we watched one of those age-appropriate Hollywood fairy tales where the good guy defeats the bad guy and then the story ends because—it is understood by all, even five-year olds—that everyone will now live happily ever after. Many Americans apply that simple fantasy to politics: once we [...]
Continue reading...The Pace of Progress
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Gay Rights on October 23rd, 2009
Civil rights activists often disagree over tactics. That was (and is) true of the African-American civil rights movement, and similar disputes characterize those working for equal rights for women, Latinos and other minorities. So it should not surprise anyone that gay rights activists often disagree about where resources should be deployed and when, or whether [...]
Continue reading...Is Obama’s Nobel Prize Unconstitutional?
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Random Blogging on October 16th, 2009
That’s the argument some right-wing lawyers are making. My own reaction was not dissimilar to that of the Florida congressman who said “If Obama cured world hunger, the Republicans would accuse him of causing overpopulation.” Jack Balkin, the eminent Yale legal scholar who blogs at balkinization, says it more eloquently–and more authoritatively. This episode has [...]
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