Miguel A. Guanipa

Take My President, Please

Many an ecstatic soul will be celebrating - and justifiably so - the coming inauguration of our next president. Others will find a greater cause for rejoicing in the departure of our much maligned previous one.

Proposition 8: Speak Softly and Carry a Big Poll

Undoubtedly spurred by the most altruistic of motives, analysts at the California Public Policy Institute, an independent, objective and non-partisan research network - in their own humble estimation that is - sensed a compelling interest in determining who exactly it was that voted in favor of Proposition 8, a ballot measure designed to insert language in that state’s constitution, defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman. In keeping with their trademark fair-minded pursuit of the unvarnished truth, PPI did what every respectable public policy research organization would do that wants to get the unbiased and incontestable facts on any controversial issue: they conducted a poll.

The Truth about Christmas.

The story of Christmas is one that warms the heart and inspires our most enduring thoughts of peace and good will for all humanity; it gives us an opportunity to engage in the wonderful act of gift giving; it allows us to briefly turn our gaze from the stresses of daily life and refocus on being thankful for the pre-eminent joys amidst our circumstances.

Fear and the Future of Islam

Fear is a primal human emotion. It is also a tool of the weak, the impatient, and those who having sensed a deficit of power, feel that they have no other recourse than to use it to subdue their presumed enemies. These people are called terrorists.

Obama, Fate, and the Politics of the Expedient

Like many other cherished traditions, America’s guardedly dormant skepticism towards its felicitously inefficient political apparatus is rekindled on a quadrennial basis. Yet Americans still resign themselves to casting their greatest aspirations upon the brittle shoulders of politicians. In turn, the latter go on to pledge their commitment anew to the same old promises they will faithfully continue to break. This ancient storyline gained formidable mass appeal when it was cleverly exploited by the Barack Obama campaign strategists.

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.