Michael O. Allen

Author: michael o. allen

  • Worth a try, right?

    You’ve got to give these folks credit for trying: Victory in Iraq On this November 22, 2008, join us in observing Victory in Iraq Day. Let us honor the sacrifice, dedication and sheer determination of American, coalition and Iraqi troops who have brought freedom to the nation and people of Iraq. Although our governments have…

  • City for $ale*

    Alvaro Diaz-Rubio I am a big fan of Wayne Barrett of the Village Voice. The past week ended without me hearing much about his piece exposing New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the seamy dealings he pulled to get the city’s money and political class to knuckle under and allow him to run for…

  • Worth a try, right?

    You’ve got to give these folks credit for trying: Victory in Iraq On this November 22, 2008, join us in observing Victory in Iraq Day. Let us honor the sacrifice, dedication and sheer determination of American, coalition and Iraqi troops who have brought freedom to the nation and people of Iraq. Although our governments have…

  • A perspective on Obama’s election

    The Central Virginia Progressive-The DAVISReport sends us The Ethnicity of our President Elect and how it changes the paradigm A friend sent me the essay below and when I read it I knew I had to share it on this blog. The author, Mr Robert J. House, in his 70’s, is a retired professional man…

  • An important question

    I will admit that I grew to dislike Hillary Clinton during the year and found how she ran her campaign as well as the contest with Sen. Barack Obama more than disgraceful. I don’t want her as secretary of state. The president-elect is a lot smarter man than I’ll ever be so, if he wants…

  • True words

    My friend Todd Drew has a writing voice that drives me to envy. Lately, he has been posting his ruminations on the Yankees and life in general at Bronx Banter. His latest post there just blew me away. This is what Todd did. He took his thoughts and set them to music–the poetry of Langston…

  • I don’t hate Prince, just his views

    Sometime in the late to mid 1970s, Prince announced himself not only as a musical genius, but as a social revolutionary. By highlighting different lifestyles and playing with (in his music as wells as personal style) sexuality and androgyny, for instance, Prince opened all of our eyes to the way people live. That earlier Prince…

  • Local boy makes . . . bad?

    The Central Virginia Progressive-The DAVISReport sends us Central Virginia Connection Alert to the Auto Crisis Let me begin by saying that Rick Wagoner, Chairman of GM, is a nice man. A local kid, Rick was salutorian of Tucker High School’s class of 1973 and attended UVA. He has local family and is supportive of our…

  • Why Senator Clinton Should Accept

    I like the idea of Hillary Clinton as the next Secretary of State — mostly for the reasons that Andrew Sullivan points out here and here. And now comes word that President-Elect Obama has offered her the position and that she asked for time to consider it. I hope she accepts. (In the interest of…

  • On “60 Minutes”

    Obama And The Presidency (18:25) The Personal Transition (14:58) A Father’s Promise (3:56) (CBS) Since Barack Obama was elected the 44th president of the United States 12 days ago, he has largely remained out of sight, getting high-level government briefings and conferring with his transition team. But he surfaced on Friday afternoon in Chicago, alongside…