Barack Obama continues to demonstrate that he and his team have the chops to relieve the U.S. government of its inflexible and outmoded Industrial Age mindset.
Blake Fleetwood | Posted 03.06.2008 | Politics
Michigan and Florida should re-vote and allow no campaigning. No Television. No Radio. No ads. Maybe one more debate. This would be a novel experiment in how to take the money out of politics.
David Sax | Posted 01.30.2008 | Politics
Like the much-maligned American diet currently testing the candidates, Americans are gorging themselves on tremendous amounts of cheap democracy.
Carol Hoenig | Posted 01.22.2008 | Politics
In their recently published books, two authors claim responsibility for where we are politically as a country. Stephen Marks and Frank Schaeffer didn'...
Eric Alterman | Posted 11.26.2007 | Media
How are we expected to evaluate the story when the very first sentence in the piece puts one over on us?
New York Times | JODI KANTOR | Posted 11.24.2007 | Politics
Running for president is like entering a competitive eating contest and a beauty pageant all at once. Candidates are expected to eat local specialties...
Linda Seger | Posted 11.20.2007 | Politics
When did such nastiness enter politics? Of course, we can find many periods in history where politics took the low road.
Marty Kaplan | Posted 11.18.2007 | Media
In the postmodern funhouse that imprisons prestige media, the job isn't to cover events, but rather to reveal their theatricality; the trick isn't to find truth, but to disclose "framing."
Jim Derych | Posted 11.08.2007 | Politics
No one has asked the single most important question of any presidential race -- Would I have a beer with this person?
Eric Alterman | Posted 11.08.2007 | Politics
Do Democrats fear the President's 25 percent approval ratings? He stands revealed to hawk and dove alike, grossly incompetent at home and abroad. He f...
Marty Kaplan | Posted 11.08.2007 | Politics
What a difference a poll makes. Say ta-ta to triangulation, Hillary. Scrap that pox-on-boomer-era culture wars, Barack.
Tom Alderman | Posted 11.06.2007 | Media
Just what do these debates really show us -- thoughtful answers to very complex problems? No. Thirty seconds to explain a major healthcare initiative? No. Who's got the best sound bite? Yes.
James Mulvaney | Posted 10.30.2007 | Politics
I'm not even sure I want to hear a promise that, "If elected, I won't lie." Just please say that lying is bad.
Dr. Andrew Jacono | Posted 10.16.2007 | Politics
When performed properly, the politician will look refreshed and energetic, not plasticized and artificial.
Shelby Highsmith | Posted 10.11.2007 | Home
After visiting with the Georgia Tech Young Dems, Bill Richardson stopped for lunch at the Varsity in Atlanta. However, the greasy food wasn't the only thing causing his campaign heartburn.
Charles H. Green | Posted 10.08.2007 | Business
The problem in business and politics is identical. Both have become all about competition and winning -- not about consumers and voters.
Tom Gerdy | Posted 09.28.2007 | Entertainment
If Dancing With The Stars can draw an audience, so should Let's Dump A Politician.
Tom Alderman | Posted 09.13.2007 | Politics
Rudy recently worked an Iowa cornfield in a starched shirt and tie, suggesting a Nixon walk-on-the-beach in wing-tips moment. He's got to watch that. Tough guys need to lighten up once-and-a-while.
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Mike Bonifer | Posted 07.19.2008 | Politics