Tag Archive: Barack Obama

Unity for Justice

The UN General Assembly met today in New York with both the US President Barack Obama and the Iranian President Hassan Rouhani giving speeches. In nearby Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza protestors gathered to denounce… Continue reading

I was here . . .

After the recent election I posted Word on the Street, a photograph I took in the late summer of 2010. I thought it a particularly stunning work of graffiti art – I loved… Continue reading

Word on the Street

From the Archive: Downtown in Alphabet City. SI SE PUEDE!

American Woman

New York City is full of fabulous women of a certain age who let their hair go grey and grow long. They don’t have cosmetic surgery, they don’t put their make-up away and… Continue reading

Guess Who Came to Dinner?

Sarah Jessica Parker hosted a fundraiser at her house down in Greenwich Village for the re-election campaign of Barack Obama. She had the idea “Hey, let’s invite that guy, the President, to dinner… Continue reading

Weekly Photo Challenge: Hope

HOPE Barack Obama, you either hope he does, or doesn’t, win this year’s U.S  Presidential election! As for Mitt and Newt, Rick and Ron, they certainly have high hopes, high apple pie in the… Continue reading

Yes We Can and Yes He did!

Obama takes out Osama. So many issues.  The birthers braying for Obama’s certification one week to the deliverance of Osama Bin Laden the next. Arriving back in New York from London only an… Continue reading

Such a Tease . . .

. . .  is Newt Gingrich.  Remember Newt? Former Speaker of the house, he is considering running as a candidate in the 2012 Presidential race. Announcing recently the launch of an “exploratory phase”… Continue reading

Pay Day in Green Bay . . .

. . . and it is all happening in Wisconsin. Governor Scott Walker (R) is trying to trim the state budget.  Madison, the state capital, is the place to be but Democrat state… Continue reading

State of the Union . . .

. . .  oh dear. From this week’s edition of The Economist http://www.economist.com/node/18010469 It’s not all that bad. Is it? Someone please tell me, say it isn’t so . . .

Stitches in Time . . .

. . . and on a quiet, cold winter’s evening, the needle is pulling my thread through a tapestry of memory lanes. Football dramas belong to yesterday, to be continued February 6th with… Continue reading

Adventures with Grandpa Dick . . .

. . . he’s back!  But, did he ever really go away? Dick Cheney, the gift who keeps on giving courtesy of a battery-powered heart pump, broke the early morning light of  yesterday… Continue reading

Dream Nation America . . .

. . . is alive and well.  Up to a point. This is the night of Sunday Night Football.  The Playoffs. Somehow, Mark Sánchez and the New York Jets have seen off Peyton… Continue reading