Domestic Policy

The Shout Heard Round the World: Obama as Global Leader

Derek Shearer | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

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Derek Shearer

Obama is the American President, but he is, in many respects, also the world's President. What he does will matter to young and old across the globe. The world, like America, is waiting for him to lead.

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Palin Brings Laughter To The Masses

Liz Umlas and Rachel Eliana Berman | Posted 10.07.2008 | Home

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Liz Umlas and Rachel Eliana Berman

Liz Umlas has joined forces with her daughter Rachel to entertain OffTheBus readers with their political cartoons. Rachel supplies the artistic skills, and Liz brings the political ideas.

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First Presidential Debate Shortchanges The World

Susan Morgan and Jirair Ratevosian | Posted 09.29.2008 | Home

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Susan Morgan and Jirair Ratevosian

Sorry, world. Now that the United States has its own economic crisis, we're apparently too busy to discuss issues like genocide, global poverty, AIDS and the vast array of problems that affect the majority of the global community.

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More Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Please

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.15.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Her performance was so strong and so well focused that it would be foolish not to immediately send her out on the campaign trail and/or to as many television interviews as she can squeeze into her schedule.

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Friday Talking Points [28] -- It's Debatable...

Chris Weigant | Posted 04.18.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

The twenty-first debate of the Democratic presidential nomination race happened this week. Much fulminating in the blogosphere immediately followed. ...

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The $3,000,000,000,000 War is a Domestic Issue

Arianna Huffington | Posted 03.03.2008 | Politics

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Arianna Huffington

We need to pull the plug on the media's disturbing habit of acting as if foreign and domestic policy are completely separate entities -- a pair of high stakes board games that can only be taken off the shelf and played one at a time.

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Reality Gap

Max Fraad Wolff | Posted 09.11.2007 | Home

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Max Fraad Wolff

Asking General Petraeus to faithfully report on the entirely unknowable future course of his own actions is an act of collective delusion. The accuracy and honesty of his report is irrelevant.

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