Obama’s Nobel: European gratitude for an end to the Bush Administration, approval for the election of America’s first black president and hope that Washington will honour its promise to re-engage with the world.

This story by Michael Binyon is a repost from the TimesOnline.co.uk. The award of this year’s Nobel peace prize to President Obama will be met with widespread incredulity, consternation in many capitals and probably deep embarrassment by the President himself. Rarely has an award had such an obvious political and partisan intent. It was clearly [...]

Obama and the love/hate relationships he seems to inspire…

Recently, a video was posted on Facebook by a friend. It was offered as proof of the growing “Cult of Obama”, which the author felt was something to be feared… I’m not sure where I stand on the issue yet, but as I watched, I was struck by the gulf growing between these two groups. [...]