Rebecca Puhl, Director of Research at the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale has coolly”observed” what she termed “media frenzy” over Governor Chris Christie’s weight during the period of his considering a run for President. She drew a parallel with other types of stereotyping such as gender and race lending “weight” [pun […]
January 13, 2011
SamHenry has observed events since the shootings in Arizona. In the past tragedies of this scope have brought us together. Now they only serve as platforms for further political insults and worse. As we grow more intolerant, SamHenry has tried to keep a footing and watch the compass. It is difficult. Disapproval of the views […]
November 25, 2010
Political correctness doesn’t take a day off. We probably ought to be terribly careful and say “Happy Holiday” in case someone is celebrating something else somewhere in the world today. With globalization, we can’t just stop the PC at our borders. And this isn’t the holiday my Jewish friends eat at Chinese restaurants. How did […]
November 18, 2010
Before the competition began this week on Dancing with the Stars and he and Brandy Norwood were eliminated, Maksim Chmerkovskiy spouted “party” line about the fairness of the outcome in including votes from viewers. France24] Considering he had tangled with one of the judges, this was not in character for Maksim. For the show’s policy […]
October 22, 2010
NOTE: SamHenry is returning briefly from a two-week hiatus to address the furor that has erupted over the firing of Juan Williams from National Public Radio (NPR). The issues raised are too important to be glossed over. Beyond ethics, where is it written that an employee should undergo a review of his work and his […]
October 3, 2010
Sunday, October 2, the Liberals and Progressives had their time in the sun demonstrating that they love Ameria more than anyone and that they have the inside track on guidance from the Godhead on how to proceed to fix things. The hot to trot Union members had their own take on how we got where […]
October 2, 2010
The U.S. is expected to issue a travel alert for Europe in light of recent terror threat information, U.S. officials said Saturday. Possible backlash from the French burqa ban is considered a factor. [CNN] In the war against terror, it doesn’t take any action on the part of any of the western nation these days […]
September 29, 2010
Utilizing both the prestige of his role at Delaware’s Attorney General and the influence he holds as the son of the Vice President of the United States, Beau Biden has warned voters about Delaware US Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell: Delaware state Attorney General Beau Biden said his state’s Republican Senate nominee, Christine O’Donnell, “should be […]
July 27, 2010
29 years ago July 29, 2010, Lady Diana Spencer was driven in the famous Glass Coach from Clarence House with her father, The Earl Spencer, to St. Paul’s Cathedral, London for her wedding to Charles Arthur Philip George, the Prince of Wales. Later, in her nervousness during the service, Diana did not say his names […]
July 27, 2010
YouTube videos of the Brown Berets, a Latino activist group, that arrive at Tea Party and other white protests with megaphones and tell everyone to go home to Europe are unsettling. But aren’t the Brown Berets at least 1/2 European? Aren’t most Mexicans mestizo? Not necessarily. But most are and the native heritage seems to […]
July 26, 2010
Recently we received the good word that asteroids knock out life on earth roughly every 27 million years and it is calculated that we have about 16 million years left before another round of it. It was the asteroids that helped make mammals supreme having last time around focused on killing dinosaurs. [CNN] No worries, […]
October 8, 2011
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