BY ADEYEMI OSHUNRINADE House Speaker John Boehner’s offer this week is one President Obama can’t afford to accept. In a desperate attempt to avoid going over the fiscal cliff, Mr. Boehner, presented to the White House a deal that would… Read More ›
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OBAMA TAPS KERRY AS SECRETARY OF STATE, WHAT LIES AHEAD
BY ADEYEMI OSHUNRINADE Recently, Senators John Kerry and John McCain appeared at a news conference in Washington, in which both cracked jokes and teased each other about high executive and cabinet positions they could or could have had. Sen. McCain… Read More ›
OBAMA’S WAR PRINCIPLE, WHY HE WON’T FIGHT ANOTHER WAR
BY ADEYEMI OSHUNRINADE He is a famously cool politician, a smooth operator who believes America can only retain its global respect and power by reshaping its war strategy and foreign policy. As a senator, President Obama was a strong critic… Read More ›
WITCH-HUNT, UNCONSCIONABLE CONTROVERSY OVER SUSAN RICE
BY ADEYEMI OSHUNRINADE Whatever is wrong with Washington politicians these days? Every bill that goes before Congress is met with oppositions and every nomination by the President is harshly scrutinized from the inception. While the fiscal issue remains unsolved, some… Read More ›
GROVER NORQUIST, AMERICA NEEDS GROWTH NOT INCREASE IN TAXES
BY ADEYEMI OSHUNRINADE Call him a hard-core fiscal conservative, a no tax hike GOP who wouldn’t budge in the midst of reality, when all polls and majority of Americans show support for taxing the wealthy more to prevent the fiscal… Read More ›
FISCAL CLIFF: EFFECTS, WHY THE LOOMING BUBBLE MUST NOT BURST
BY ADEYEMI OSHUNRINADE Simply put, the fiscal cliff is a flattened U.S. economy. It is like a car at the tip of a mountain that slipped over and crashed. An economic situation no one wants to see and a reason… Read More ›
UNDECIDED HAVE DECIDED, THE REELECTION OF BARACK OBAMA
BY Adeyemi Oshunrinade The undecided have decided. At 303 to 206 electoral votes, America has delivered the mandate to President Obama for another four years in office. It was a campaign that cost the nation about $6 billion according to… Read More ›
ELECTORAL COLLEGE, HOW AMERICA ELECTS THE PRESIDENT
BY ADEYEMI OSHUNRINADE In most nations of the world, the leadership comes to power by popular vote. The winner of the national vote takes it all and to be President, the candidate only needs to garner the national vote. Normally,… Read More ›
ROMNEY’S WOES, WHY OBAMA MAY RETAKE THE WHITE HOUSE
BY ADEYEMI OSHUNRINADE The news this week was that the economy experienced growth by 2% in the third quarter, unemployment is said to be at 7.8% below 8% that initially doomed the Obama’s campaign. As questionable as these developments may… Read More ›
ABSOLUTE KNOCKOUT, MITT ROMNEY OFF BALANCE ON FOREIGN POLICY
BY ADEYEMI OSHUNRINADE In a normal boxing match, one party aims to throw the final punch that would either draw blood or throw the opponent off his feet. Last night, President Obama threw the final punch that drew sweat not… Read More ›
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