http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/george_curry RSS Feed for Inq Col George Curry en-us Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/george_curry/20091106_Beyond_the_Spin__Hope_didn_t_heal_the_divide.html When Barack Obama was elected president, 70 percent of Americans were convinced that race relations would improve as a result. A year later, however, optimism about solving race problems in the United States has dropped to where it was nearly 50 years ago, according to a recent Gallup Poll. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/george_curry/20090827_Beyond_the_Spin__Vick_s_second_chance_isn_t_up_to_the_Stewart_standard.html The Martha Stewart brand is affixed to everything from cooking shows to magazines. So it was surprising when Stewart, a former stockbroker, was charged with risking millions of dollars and her carefully crafted reputation on a trading scheme that saved her about $50,000. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/george_curry/20090531_Ideology_plays_key_role_in_high_court_picks.html Before Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama's choice to fill a vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court, could get outside the White House gate after the announcement of her nomination, conservatives were already on the attack. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/george_curry/20080710_This_election_season__follow_the_candidates_on_the_high_road.html Despite efforts to portray himself more of a centralist, Barack Obama is decidedly liberal. Notwithstanding efforts to make John McCain appear to be a maverick, he is definitely conservative, having voted with President Bush 95 percent of the time in the last session of Congress, according to Congressional Quarterly.