Tag Archives: Jimmy Carter

camp david: spurning divine gifts…

Posted on January 13, 2013 by Dave

Camp David Peace Accords. Almost all concessions were unnecessary. Begin could have walked away with a treaty without making any substantial concessions. Is this mere conjecture? Not at all, because on one of the most sensitive points of the negotiations, … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Anwar Sadat, Camp David Peace Accords, Caroline Glick Jerusalem Post, Daniel Gordis Jerusalem Post, H.G. Wells, Jerusalem final status negotiations, Jimmy Carter, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, mahmoud abbas, Mahmoud al-Zahar, Menachem Begin | Leave a comment

humdinger jimmy: reckless pedestrian years

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Dave

The beauty of being born again is that you get to wipe the slate clean. Its ingenious, very much in the spirit that de Toqueville described America on his visit early in the nineteenth-centiry as the land of constant personal … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Alex de Toqueville, Allan Dershowitz, Anne Francis actress, Elmer Gantry, Frank Kapra, Jimmy Carter, Louis Proyect, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Michael Moore, Michel Foucault, Mick Jagger, Noam Chomsky, Sinclair Lewis | Leave a comment

fit as a fiddle

Posted on April 21, 2012 by Dave

So, people are projected to live longer, barring apocalyptic events or wanton acts of nation state nihilism it appears that surpassing the longevity of parents and grandparents is becoming conventional wisdom and this phenomenon which has been paralleled with increased … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged George H.W. Bush, Gerald Ford, James Hilton, Jimmy Carter, Longevity, Louis Cyr, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Michael Ferguson Polymathica, mike wallace, Princeton Longevity Center, Stanford Center on Longevity, The Great Antonio, The Masters Olympics, World Masters Games | Leave a comment

change: voted best new product

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Dave

Its hard to disagree with this gloomy assessment from one of the doyens of the American left. Noam Chomsky. He can be naggy, something of a whiner, and cranky, but, the prevalent trend of wealth concentration since the “stagflation” years … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media | Tagged American foreign policy, Barack Obama, Barack Obama 2012, Jimmy Carter, Joseph Stiglitz, marwan muasher, Noam Chomsky | Leave a comment

CROWNING GLORIES

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Dave

Crowns of gold have a potent and conditioning magic. In Shakespeare, reigning Monarchs, Usurpers and Heirs Apparent devote powerful speeches to the Crown’s mystery, hand the thing back and forth, grab it from sleeping brothers, and brood beautifully about its … Continue reading →