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No Cheerleaders at Super Bowl XLV -- Sad Day for Tradition
By Suzi Parker - Politics DailyConfession: I once owned a pair of pom-poms. Back in the 1970s, at age 4, it seemed the right thing to ask my parents for as a gift. The fluffy red and white pom-poms were official and expensive -- cheap just wouldn't do for my nascent cheerleading career. I shook them during college football games and at least one Super Bowl. But little girls hoping for cheering inspiration at Sunday's Super Bowl XLV game in Dallas between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Green Bay Packers won't get it. For the first time in the Super Bowl's 45-year history, there will be no cheerleaders on the ...
'The American People' Are More Complicated Than One Midterm Election
By Jeffrey Weiss - Politics DailyHas there ever been a passel of politicians as sure of the will of "the American people" as our current crop? In the days since the midterm election, that phrase has been invoked by Obama, Pelosi, Mack, DeMint, and so on and so on. But the recent champion is surely John Boehner, the putative next speaker of the House of Representatives. In his first news conference after Tuesday's election, he mentioned "the American people" 21 times, including four times in one memorable 30-second reply: Well, I think it's important to listen to the American people. There are more Americans engaged in our ...
Citing FDR, Putin Hints of Return to Presidency
By Theunis Bates - AOL News(Sept. 7) -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Monday dropped his strongest hint so far that he might run again for his old job as president by invoking the lengthy political career of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The prime minister told reporters and foreign policy analysts that he hasn't ruled out running in the 2012 election and compared himself to FDR, the only elected American president to serve more than two terms in the White House. AP / AFP / Getty Images At left, Franklin D. Roosevelt. At right, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin gestures as he meets with members ...
Analysis: Is Anti-Muslim Fervor Just Latest Fear?
By Andrea Stone - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (Aug. 19) -- Are Muslims the new Jews? Or Irish Catholics? Perhaps Mormons? Or are they really the war on terror's Japanese? Religious experts and historians say: all of the above. The still-unfolding controversy over plans to build an Islamic center near ground zero is just the latest chapter in a long saga of religious and ethnic misunderstanding that experts say goes back to the nation's earliest days. Fear of foreigners dates to the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798, which were aimed at French immigrants suspected of disloyalty, said American University historian Allan ...
Sarah Palin: Running Against History -- and the VP Curse?
By Robert Schmuhl - Politics DailySarah Palin's fan dance -- will she or won't she run for president in 2012? -- teases money from supporters and seduces the celebrity-centric media. Yet, before too long, the former governor and her devoted followers will face a sobering reality. Should she seek the Republican nomination, she not only will confront several White House-minded candidates in her own party but also the unalterable facts of American political history. To be tactful about the subject: Voters haven't been particularly kind to losing vice-presidential nominees of either party for nearly a century. Interestingly, ...
Opinion: Is Obama Spurring Growth, or Knocking It Down?
By not in system - AOL News(July 8) -- Government can spur the private sector. That's the gist of the argument that's in the air this summer. This week, for example, President Barack Obama said, "we've got much more work to do to spur stronger job growth and to keep the larger recovery moving." Such spurring is often said to occur in a technical way, when government outlays have a so-called multiplier effect that invigorates other economic participants. The Obama administration has a second meaning for "to spur." It is that government entering an industry as a competitor will strengthen that industry and make it more ...
The Arizona Backlash: Immigration Debate Stirs Historic Passions
By Lou Cannon - Politics DailyImmigration is the canary in the coal mine of American politics. Like unseen deadly gases in a mine, fear of foreigners has a capacity to strike without warning or detection. Only a few months ago, immigration was a back-burner issue in the 2010 election campaign; a poll in immigration-conscious California ranked it a distant fourth among issues of concern to Republican voters. Then came the overwrought restrictive Arizona law giving police broad power to detain illegal immigrants. This measure -- Senate Bill 1070 -- has put illegal immigration on the agenda in the California and Texas ...
Musician Hammering Out Deal to Play Eiffel Tower
By David Moye - AOL News(April 12) -- A composer in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., knows what it's like to follow the beat of a different drummer: He's trying to hammer out a deal that will allow him to play the Eiffel Tower like a percussion instrument. Joseph Bertolozzi is a composer who has played and performed music all over the world, including the Vatican. His main instrument is the organ, but now he's taken a fancy to playing the Eiffel Tower as well. Bob Rozycki, courtesy of Westfair Publications Composer Joseph Bertolozzi is attempting to hammer out a deal that will allow him to compose a song using the Eiffel Tower ...
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