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Memories of a UC Berkeley Firebrand

During the late fifties, while I was an undergrad at UC Berkeley, a campus with some 20,000 students at that time, I met a fascinating young man who was enrolled at Boalt Hall, the university’s law school. Donald Warden, recent graduate of Howard University, the historically-black institution of higher learning located in Washington, D.C., would…


Judge Strikes Trump-Era Water Rule, Unsure Whether to Restore Obama-Era Measure

A A federal judge on Monday struck down a Trump-era rule aimed at promoting economic growth by enabling the alteration of smaller bodies of water and waterways. U.S. District Judge Rosemary Márquez agreed with Indian tribes that leaving the rule in place “would risk serious environmental harm.” Márquez, an Obama nominee, vacated and remanded for…


Obama’s DACA Nixed

The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program issue cannot be solved by executive order. Both Republicans and Democrats have avoided a comprehensive overhaul of our immigration policies and processes, but that is the only way this is going to get fixed. Former President Donald Trump offered to resolve DACA if the Democrats agreed to…


Will Cuba Be Biden’s Iran?

Commentary Remember November 2009 when thousands of freedom demonstrators in the streets of Tehran were chanting “Obama, Obama, you are either with us or you are with them [the Islamic Regime]!”? If not, click on the link and see for yourself. It was the moment Barack Obama revealed himself as the hypocrite (with a totalitarian…


On Infrastructure, Biden Readies to Make the Same Mistake Obama Made

Commentary President Joe Biden likes to associate himself with Barack Obama and in some ways models himself on the still popular ex-president. In many respects, Biden’s penchant for imitation might be a good thing. With this administration’s infrastructure effort, however, the imitation is unfortunate. Obama’s 2009 infrastructure effort failed horribly. The economy experienced the slowest…


[Premiering 5pm ET] Obama Admin 3.0? | Real Talk with Wayne Dupree

Speaking with the Times‘ Ezra Klein, Barack Obama explained, “I think that what we’re seeing now, is Joe and the administration are essentially finishing the job. And I think it’ll be an interesting test. Ninety percent of the folks who were there in my administration, they are continuing and building on the policies we talked…


Obama Admin 3.0? | Real Talk with Wayne Dupree

Speaking with the Times‘ Ezra Klein, Barack Obama explained, “I think that what we’re seeing now, is Joe and the administration are essentially finishing the job. And I think it’ll be an interesting test. Ninety percent of the folks who were there in my administration, they are continuing and building on the policies we talked…


US Continued China Policy Reflects Broader Global Pushback Against CCP

The global pushback against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has prompted the Biden administration to adjust its China policy, a China expert said, following recent remarks by Biden’s deputy assistant Kurt Campbell on China-U.S. relations. “The period that was broadly described as engagements has come to an end,” Campbell said at an event hosted by…


Michele Steeb: America’s Homeless Crisis Drastically Increased Due to Obama’s ‘One Size Fits All’ Policy

America’s homeless crisis has dramatically increased over the past decade because of an Obama-era policy.


Biden Deflects UFO Question Back to Obama

President Joe Biden on Friday redirected a question about UFOs back to former President Barack Obama, who had recently acknowledged that military footage of aerial phenomena is unexplainable. “I would ask him again,” Biden said during a press conference with South Korean President Moon Jae-in. Obama told a late-night host earlier this week, that some…