Beth Arnold: letter from paris

Crossposted at the HuffingtonPost.com and BethArnold.com. Comments not included here.



Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy passed on, and the world woke from its lethargy and paid attention. Homage is being paid to Kennedy across the globe, from Ireland to Bangladesh. But wh… Continue

President Barack Obama landed in Trinidad on Friday and promptly proceeded to do what he does best: put out the fires in our relationships with other nations and their leaders that have been charred by the Bush administration's global bungling. After Obama calms the men and women who really want to be our friends, as well as those who want to make their marks by taking a swipe at our powerful capitalist democracy, our president proceeds to build consensus by using his extraordinary community org… Continue

President Barack and First Lady Michelle Obama returned from their knockout tour of Europe, where officials and the public alike were taken with the First Couple's brains and style. The Obamas have quickly become the physical embodiment of the American Dream, which had languished in obscurity during the Bush era. (Rumors circulated that it had been lost at the ranch in Texas. Others said Karl Rove had eaten it for lunch, while some reported that Dick Cheney shot it while hunting.)

After the Oba… Continue

Don't we all want our voices heard? But this shameful billions of dollars that were deposited in the bank accounts of Wall Street/financial industry types and that came from the backs of the American people just about takes the cake and makes us all want to raise the American roof with our shouts--until they give it back!

Billions of government bailout dollars going the way of financial industry bonuses? It's wrong. We all know it's wrong. But what is any person or regulatory group or governmen… Continue

This column first appeared on HuffingtonPost.com. Comments, links, and photos not included here. Cross-posted at www.betharnold.com.


Dateline: Paris

No, make that Dateline: Obama Soiree. The fetes for Barack Obama spilled out of American restaurants and onto cobblestone rues, the town hall of the 3rd Arrondissement (where they were showing American movies all… Continue