All Entries in the "News" Category
Merry Bailouts to All, and to All a Good Night
By Christopher Gabriel, CGabriel.com Since 1927, TIME Magazine has chosen a Man of the Year. The honor was later renamed Person of the Year for the man, woman or idea that “for better or worse, has most influenced events in the preceeding year.” I believe we have arrived at a point in our history that TIME must now select [...]
In Barack We Trust
By Christopher Gabriel, CGabriel.com Adoring crowds, people overcome with tears of joy, Hollywood’s best clamoring to feel important and Oprah “unleashed” – all of this in the name of one man: Sean Hannity. No, not Hannity. I speak of Barack Obama. Rather, President-elect Barack Obama. In a campaign Obama seemed to use the word “change” 37,263 times, we’ll [...]
End of the World? No, It’s Just the Economy
By Christopher Gabriel, CGabriel.com As one who has been around the block a few dozen times, I’ve seen our country weather many things. Vietnam, the Iranian hostage crisis, Desert Storm, the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, the tragic events of September 11, 2001 and certainly others that have both united and divided us. In every case [...]
Election ’08: When Words Become Stars
By Christopher Gabriel, CGabriel.com Election years are a funny thing. From Democrats to Republicans, incumbents to hopefuls and insiders to wannabees, our country turns into something along the lines of a sideshow at a county fair. There are promises, accusations, denials, smiles, handshakes, hugs, speeches, ads, signs, buttons, music, dancing . . . and that all [...]
The “Dangerous” Sarah Palin
By Christopher Gabriel, CGabriel.com At a major political convention, a young politician bursts onto the national scene. A gifted speaker who is tough, smart, poised and knows how to turn a phrase to get a laugh. This individual is hailed as one of America’s great leaders of the future. That person was Barack Obama. When he spoke at the [...]
Beijing’s Moment of Spectacle Marred by Reality
By Christopher Gabriel, CGabriel.com This wasn’t supposed to happen. Not here. Not during China’s moment. This would be more than just a nation’s 15 minutes of fame. That’s what we’ve been told since Beijing was awarded these Olympic Games. This was going to be a country playing show and tell with the world, and the world [...]
Free Speech Can Have Consequences
By Christopher Gabriel Blog Harbor and CGabriel.com While I am a major proponent of the First Amendment – and really, who isn’t? – I’m beginning to wonder if it’s a conditional Amendment. You know, the fine print at the bottom that nobody ever reads? Sometimes it comes in the form of a disclaimer. Other times, it’s the [...]
Smiling that Little Smile for Me
By Christopher Gabriel, Blog Harbor Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and John McCain. Super Tuesday II. Texas, Ohio, Rhode Island and Vermont. What are the polls saying? Who scored better in the latest searing exchange between Barack and Hillary? Has Barack renounced anyone today? Has Hillary rejected anything? Has John marginalized anyone? None of those questions will be answered here in [...]
Doing What’s Right: Too Hard for Too Many
By Christopher Gabriel, Blog Harbor When I was growing up, we had a neighbor named Mr. Detwiler. He was our neighborhood’s official Mean Guy. He didn’t speak to anyone; he didn’t acknowledge anyone. At least that’s how he treated all the kids. And because of it, he became The Guy No One Liked. It was [...]
Land of the Giants
By Christopher Gabriel, Blog Harbor Last night in the Arizona desert, Team History met Team Destiny. When all was said and done, and as it often turns out, Destiny was just a little bit better than History. In what was thought to be an unthinkable, improbable outcome, the New York Giants ended the New England Patriots’ dream [...]
Boston vs. New York: The Center of the Universe
By Christopher Gabriel, Blog Harbor 75. Does the number mean anything to you? Surely it does to some people. For example, it’s important to LEGO. This past August 10th, they celebrated their 75th anniversary. Esquire magazine will be celebrating their 75th anniversary this year. And the 2007-08 sports calendar has the Southeastern Conference celebrating, yep you guessed [...]
Wedginald Grows Up
By Christopher Gabriel, Blog Harbor For the past year, I’ve been following the progress of a young wheel of cheese named Wedginald. Yes, that’s right, I said cheese. Not Wedginald, my neighbor, or Wedginald, a little friend of my older daughter. Nope, it’s Wedginald, a wheel of cheese. Cheddar, to be exact. Some might argue I [...]
If Speeches Made Presidents
By Christopher Gabriel, Blog Harbor If the presidential election was tomorrow and we could vote for anyone still standing after Iowa and New Hampshire, I’d be in real trouble. Although I’ve been following the debates and primaries like most everyone else, not one candidate in either party has captured my imagination to the extent I could honestly [...]
Obama, Huckabee and . . . Britney?
By Christopher Gabriel, Blog Harbor In what proved to be an historic evening at the Iowa Caucuses, Barack Obama became the first African-American to win a primary or caucus. In a state with a population that is 95% white, it’s quite obvious it wasn’t the minority vote, be it black or Hispanic, that put him over the [...]
