Miguel A. Guanipa

Progressives and Obama’s Forgivable Blackness.

On the eve of Clarence Thomas’ Supreme Court nomination, a cry went out throughout the land. It was that of fire breathing liberals who could not believe that a conservative president would dare appoint a conservative judge to the highest court in the nation. Although the president had picked someone of Afro-American descent, who was also more than qualified to fulfill the role of Supreme Court Justice, such considerations were swiftly trumped by the fact that Mr. Thomas was not pledged to walk in lockstep with the abiding progressive weltanschauung; in other words, he was not viewed by liberals as the “right” kind of black man.

The Green Religion

Most people almost instinctually try their best to be responsible stewards of this earth’s valuable natural resources. But the abrasive approach and militant tactics of many who fill the ranks of the environmentally conscious have led me to believe that the movement has gradually devolved into a kind of Religion. In fact, if we look closely at some of the social initiatives and assorted orbiting causes that are championed by the so called “green movement”, one may discern some eerie similarities with some less well organized religions.

5 Reasons for the Imminent Fall of Obama

Moments of crisis have their purpose, not least of which is to witness how those weathering them will measure up to much greater challenges ahead. The recent financial market tumble is most pertinent, as it has afforded priceless opportunities to rate the strength of character of those to whom we may soon be yielding the power to govern; and when the opportunity arose to display the desired strengths upon which voters will be counting on beyond voting day, Barack Obama – not John McCain - chose instead to mock the presumed shortcomings of his opponent.

Obama and Life.

One clever way to skirt a loaded question is to simply plead ignorance and yield to a higher (and preferably not easily accessible) authority that is deemed more qualified to probe the deeper nuances necessarily inherent in the best possible answer.

The Palin Effect

With all due respect to the Democratic Party’s symbol – Wednesday night Sarah Palin literary kicked #.

The Religion Vote

I do not feel that I am alone is suspecting that most politicians, pundits, and even some theologians are loath to venture a guess as to what demographic group is being referred to when the media insouciantly bandies about the phrase “The Religion Vote”. Still my curiosity was picked when I heard that Obama and McCain were earnestly infusing their campaign strategies with pointed initiatives to court the nebulous amalgam of voters presumably enveloped in this alleged, all-inclusive compendium.

Obama: the Understudy.

Obama wants to be president. Everyone knows that by now.

The Bonobo: An Unwitting Pawn of the Homosexual Agenda

A most lubricious attempt at mainstreaming bisexuality was advanced some time ago in a provocative essay by science writer Emily V. Driscoll.

Obama and the “Image Thing”

At a fundamental level, elections hinge upon the most trusted intuitions voters have about their candidate’s character. In most cases these intuitions are seldom aligned with the truth, as they are loosely based on external appearances and whatever the media chooses to put on its daily feed.

Einstein, God, and the Religious Experience

Gather up all of the collected works penned by the late Pope John Paul II and the sheer volume of information contained in his manuscripts should yield a definitive answer to the question: Was the Pope Catholic?

Obama and the Maturing Presidency

Many a progressive pundit, stunned and mystified by the re-election of George W. Bush, opted to concede on the self-reassuring premise that Bush’s mysterious appeal had nothing to do with the fledgling charisma of the untried president many knew prior to the cowardly attacks perpetrated by Islamic terrorists on September 11, 2001. Some believe that it wasn’t until after we were attacked that President Bush came into his own; in other words, he grew up.

The Global Warming Scare

These days it is almost considered a punishable offense to cast doubt on the theory of Anthropogenic Global Warming; but if there is such a thing, it logically follows that its alleged dire consequences would have to be, well, global.

Ahmadinejad and the Erratic Mind of the Democrat Voter

If you listened to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as he periodically declares that the state of Israel will soon disappear, you’d think he’s either forgotten to take his allotted dosage of lithium for that day, or that he is about to perform some sort of David Copperfield magic trick.

Peter Singer and Human Dignity

Whenever the fervent advocate of infanticide Peter Singer finds enough leisure time to muse upon any current moral issue, he invariably reserves enough space to declare his perpetual enmity against the proverbial thorn in his flesh that the Christian Religion has become.

Hillary’s All or Nothing.

It must be devastating for Hillary Rhodam Clinton to see her chances of becoming the democratic nominee fade into oblivion. It has to be beyond infuriating to have the media - that once so blindly worshipped and adored her mischievous better half - turn on her and declare with such confidence that the die is cast, and hers is now an unstoppable plunge into defeat, no less to a country that, as far as she is concerned, has not yet had the final word.

The Birds, the Bees, and Aliza Shvarts

One day, perhaps not unlike today, Aliza Shvarts woke up and had an epiphany; she had finally settled on a theme for her Senior Year art project.

The Project

The folks at NEST (New and Emerging Science and Technology) must have been in God’s mind when He confounded the language of Babel’s over-ambitious citizens, as they tried to build a tower that would reach up to his very abode.

Lessons from the Father

Jesus, the master story teller, once told the story of the younger of two sons, who asks his father to give him the full disbursement amount of whatever inheritance he had coming to him, as he wished to leave and find his way in the world.

Obama’s Achilles’ Heel

When Obama last exposed his Achilles’ heel, it happened inadvertently and without warning, amidst a fawning crowd of regulars upon whom a mighty spell had fallen.

Jihadists and Progressives: An Affair to Remember

General Douglas Macarthur once quipped that it was “...fatal to enter any war without the will to win it”.