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Michelle Obama and the Covert Influence of First Ladies

Carl Sferrazza Anthony | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics

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As memories of Inauguration Day 2009 begin to fade in and the new administration ensues, speculation will only increase about how politically influential Michelle Obama will be as First Lady.

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Utter Contempt: To Solve the "Bonus Crisis" Obama Must Get as Angry as JFK Was at the Steel Executives

Paul Abrams | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics

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This is an occasion when Obama would do well to insert a figurative apostrophe in his name (O'Bama) and display a bit of JFK's Irish outrage.

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New Rules for a New Era

Michael Hais and Morley Winograd | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics

Unlike candidates in the idealist era that just ended, Obama ran a national campaign and competed in formerly rock-ribbed Republican states. His reward? Victory in nine 2004 red states.

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Barack Obama and the American Dream

Lauri Lyons | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics

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The past four decades have been a mixture of social growing pains and progress. Even with that said, most people never believed that a Black man would become the President.

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The Peace Corps Returns

Josh Ruxin | Posted 02.28.2009 | World

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Though the Peace Corps was founded nearly 50 years ago, the program is still extraordinarily vital, and the need for Peace Corps volunteers is greater today than ever before.

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Dr. King's True Legacy: A Lesson for Progressives in the Age of Obama

Kimberle Crenshaw | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Not only must we re-dedicate ourselves to King's civil rights mission along with the world peace mission, we must see the two as being so utterly linked that one cannot exist without the other.

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Why Did Caroline Kennedy Drop Out?

Diane Ravitch | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics

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My hunch is that six weeks of intense media scrutiny was more than Caroline could stomach. People lined up to see her and to touch her. Coverage was always deferential.

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Memories, Parallels of JFK's and BHO's Inauguration

Lea Lane | Posted 02.20.2009 | Politics

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Forty-eight years before Barack Obama's inauguration, I was a teenager, sitting in front of a 12-inch Motorola console, watching 43 year-old John F. Kennedy of inaugurated as our 35th President.

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What We Will Remember from Obama's 2009 Inaugural Address

Aaron Zelinsky | Posted 02.20.2009 | Politics

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Obama's inaugural address was a good speech, but not truly canonical. Nevertheless, the inaugural address contained many passages that will enter into the mystic chords of memory.

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Presidential Security

Jerry Weissman | Posted 02.20.2009 | Politics

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The Secret Service is doing its job.

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If Ever A Man Was Meant To Lead

Kathleen Reardon | Posted 02.19.2009 | Politics

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We knew he was bright, impressive even as a work in progress, but now we know Barack Obama is a true genius.

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Five Things Mr. Obama Must Say About Detroit -- and Fast

Steve Parker | Posted 02.18.2009 | Business

While GM and Chrysler both remain on life support (and Ford has also been talking with the government about a credit line or loan), the car and truck business around the world is not doing much better than Detroit.

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An Inaugural Invocation For A Man of Goodwill

Dr. Robert Aziz | Posted 02.16.2009 | Politics

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Americans elected Barack Obama because they believed that as a man of goodwill, he would have the consciousness and resolve to encounter life as it can only be truly encountered, as a dynamic process.

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An Anti-Kennedy Coalition: Radio Ranters and Intellectuals

Martin Nolan | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics

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The Empire State is a triumvirate uniting the House of Clinton, the House of Cuomo and the House of Paterson. Would reviving the Kennedy dynasty disturb this delicate ecological balance?

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CIA: Parsing The Panetta Pick

William Bradley | Posted 02.06.2009 | Politics

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To say Panetta is a Clinton retread is to ignore his actual background. He comes out of a tradition which is almost forgotten today, that of the liberal Republican.

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Have a Hopeful New Year

Craig Crawford | Posted 02.05.2009 | Politics

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Nations throughout history perished or flourished based upon how well they progressed into a new age. As Kennedy did, Obama has the chance to bring about a new spirit for the country.

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America, Abandoned On Its Own Petard?

Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted 01.29.2009 | Politics

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What if, just like us, other countries are content to let America be in the crosshairs of terrorist regimes and turn a jaundiced eye rather than roll their sleeves up and help?

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Caroline Kennedy Would Be an Outstanding Senator for New York

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

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I've recently heard a lot of punditry questioning Caroline Kennedy's qualifications to fill Hillary Clinton's now empty seat in the United States Sena...

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The Argument for a Senator Caroline Kennedy

Madeleine M. Kunin | Posted 01.10.2009 | Politics

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If Kennedy gets the position, it would be an important message for women who work on issues that concern them -- but stop just short of opening the door to the smoke filled rooms.

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The Republican Presidential Recession Record

Jeff Madrick | Posted 01.01.2009 | Politics

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Eisenhower: 2 recessions; Nixon and Ford: 2 recessions; Reagan: 1 recession; George H.W. Bush: 1 recession; George W. Bush: 2 recessions; Democrats: 1 recession. Eight to one, you decide.

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Ghosts of Transitions Past

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 12.28.2008 | Politics

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President-elect Obama appointed old hands to his top economic posts, explaining Wednesday that "the vision for change" comes from him. That's a way to deal with a central problem of transitions.

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Obama's Fellowship of the Dream

Anne Hill | Posted 12.25.2008 | Living

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For the first time that I am aware of, dreams were part of the public conversation about who each of the candidates were and what they stood for.

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November 22, 1963: Like a Rolling Bolt of Thunder

Don Steinberg | Posted 01.20.2009 | Politics

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It's hard for me to imagine the complete state of shock that gripped the nation -- really the whole world -- when President Kennedy was assassinated 4...

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