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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; The US Chamber of Commerce has every reason to be proud of its many successes in forcing the Obama administration to focus primarily on corporations and their desire for more tax breaks and special incentives often denied small businesses.</p>

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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; It’s not a happy birthday for Elizabeth Cady Stanton.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; The leading suffragist was born on Nov. 12, 1815, but her 195th birthday comes amid a concerted attack on the nation’s highest elected woman.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; The despicable attempt to demean Nancy Pelosi’s achievements as the House Democratic leader and to belittle her determination to keep her leadership role shows how precarious a woman’s place in U.S. politics remains.</p>

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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; A certain Harvard professor years ago predicted that solar energy would be made readily available the day that Exxon owned the sun.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; In this election in which polluters and their lackeys see themselves as the owners of Washington again, the professor’s prediction sounds more like a curse.</p>

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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Muchos quedaron inconformes con los resultados electorales. A algunos les hubiese gustado que Meg Whitman ganara las elecciones para gobernador de California. A mí, en lo particular, me interesaba más el resultado del Distrito 68 de la Asamblea de California. Quería que ganara el demócrata Phu Nguyen.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Lamentablemente mi “gallo” y el candidato preferido de muchas persona perdieron. Tengo un sabor agridulce en la garganta, pero no estoy decepcionado.</p>

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