Character, not just the Great Depression, has me thinking about Franklin Roosevelt and Barack Obama in tandem as I wait (anxiously) for the American p...
Paula Gordon | Posted 11.27.2008 | Politics
I revisited Barack Obama's speech on the subject of race in the United States last night. Yes, I was sorely in need of an effective antidote to Repub...
Lloyd Alter | Posted 11.26.2008 | Green
Perhaps Teddy would see this as an opportunity to plant more trees, protect more natural landmarks, clean our air and water and fight climate change. He would certainly approve of Franklin's Conservation Corps.
Linda Kulman | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics
In assuming ownership of Palin's accomplishments, no matter how thin, he characterized her as an old-fashioned help meet -- you know, the little woman who stands behind every great man.
Maggie Van Ostrand | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics
Like Franklin D. Roosevelt during World War II, Obama has united us in a common cause for the good of our nation.
John Achoukian | Posted 11.13.2008 | Home
Hoover, who in 1932 could not run on his economic record or that of the Republican Party, resorted to attacking Roosevelt. His campaign was based on making FDR out to be a dangerous radical who would make the Depression worse by raising taxes and increasing the federal debt.
Robert Mackey | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics
We have 98 other senators who can work on a solution to the current crisis. So, Senator McCain, please calm down and get back on the campaign trail. This isn't "your" crisis to deal with.
Nathaniel Loewentheil | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics
The conservative movement's narrative about the role of individuals and the market led us this mess. We need a new narrative, a new progressive economic philosophy, to lead us out.
Norman Solomon | Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics
These times provide a crash course on the corporate state: If a company like AIG is too big to fail, the government will rescue it. Mere pe...
Todd Gitlin | Posted 09.25.2008 | Media
Stephanopoulos pushed the question of McCain's real estate onto Rudy Giuliani, who broke new ground in the annals of property assessment.
Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 09.07.2008 | Politics
While our administration has done little and Congress not much more to get the oil monkey off our backs, we have Paris Hilton proposing enlisting industry, labor and government to a higher calling.
Tom Alderman | Posted 09.06.2008 | Politics
Whether we admit it, or not, presidential campaigns are more about personality than policies, temperament over brains, and has been since broadcasting began.
Tony Sachs | Posted 07.21.2008 | Politics
To elect a far-left liberal in 2008 would be like Reagan getting elected in 1968, or FDR in 1924. The country simply isn't ready yet. The liberals' time will come again -- just not this year.
Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics
While President Bush continues to toss around such euphemisms as "rough patch" and "tough times," most Americans have clearly felt the effects of a recession for the past few months.
Sherman Yellen | Posted 06.28.2008 | Politics
Simply said, my mother would have voted for Obama to keep her promise to the future, "for the sake of the kids. I hope that many of those in Florida, and elsewhere, planning to vote for McCain think again.
Paula Gordon | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics