Obama's First 100 Days: What's a Presidency For?
Obama has repeatedly declared that he would govern as a consensus builder. He wasn't lying. However, there are two ways of achieving consensus.
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Obama: Beyond Savior or Trickster
Norman Solomon | Posted 05.22.2009 | Politics
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When Obama takes a progressive step, it has been made possible by progressive activism. When Obama takes an anti-progressive step, it has been facilitated by progressives muting their criticism.
Bailing Out the Neo-Cons
Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 05.05.2009 | Politics
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We're now witnessing the neo-carnage that has resulted from neo-cons Newt Gingrich and his "Contract on America," and Ronald Reagan's buyout by Barry ...
"Socialized" Medicine: Next Front in the Right's -isms Arms Race
Karl Frisch | Posted 05.03.2009 | Media
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For more than 75 years, conservatives have smeared progressive attempts to reform our faltering health-care system as "socialized medicine."
When Gene McCarthy Met Che Guevara
Al Eisele | Posted 04.25.2009 | Politics
In an intriguing and little-known episode worthy of a Cold War spy novel, the late Minnesota Democrat held a secret meeting with Cuban revolutionary leader Che Guevara in New York in 1964.
Lying Strategery
Michael Sigman | Posted 04.19.2009 | Business
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Since the narcissists who so often run things don't care much about their victims, the best hope for at least a little more truth-telling may be to try and show them the damage they're doing to themselves.
Managing Expectations and Understanding the Economic Crisis
Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 04.11.2009 | Politics
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The enormous challenge facing the administration is not just getting us out of this economic mess, but also to begin to think through what our post-recession economy will look like.
Holder Should Finger Presidents for Race Cowardice
Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 03.24.2009 | Politics
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Holder dared to challenge the nation on the taboo R word. Just don't expect much more to come of it.
Jack Valenti: FBI Investigated Top LBJ Aide's Sexuality
Washington Post | Joe Stephens | Posted 03.21.2009 | Politics
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When Beltway insider Jack Valenti died two years ago at age 85, he was playing the role of intermediary between Washington and Hollywood as the theatr...
Obama: What He Said and What We're Getting
Reese Schonfeld | Posted 03.21.2009 | Politics
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President Obama appears to be running scared -- scared of the Republican minority in Congress, scared of faith-based groups, scared of boldness.
At Last
Betty Fussell | Posted 03.12.2009 | Style
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The Inauguration of our new Chief this January has miraculously, it would seem, inaugurated a shift in movie genre. Barack and Michelle looked like Fred and Ginger.
Obama's Missing Man
Alexander Dresner | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics
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The White House has reclaimed its place as an intellectual playground. In keeping with this tradition I propose a permanent addition to the White House staff: a historian-in-residence.
Dr. King's True Legacy: A Lesson for Progressives in the Age of Obama
Kimberle Crenshaw | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics
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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.
Remembering the Other Eartha Kitt
Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 01.27.2009 | Entertainment
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The Eartha Kitt that I knew, remember, and pay homage to, was an impassioned contributor to peace and civil rights.
Achieving the Impossible: Expectations for an Obama Presidency
Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 01.26.2009 | Politics
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The early keys to a successful Obama administration will be managing expectations and setting up an administration that will be proactive and not get sidetracked by the inevitable events and crises.
The Johnson Legacy and the Obama Challenge: Remarks to the LBJ Centennial Conference
James K. Galbraith | Posted 01.09.2009 | Politics
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The economists of the Johnson era, notably my father and Walt Rostow, understood that the fortunes of the U.S. cannot be disentangled from the progress of the developing world. In the years since, we have forgotten.
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.
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.
CEOs Need to Run for Sheriff Just Once
Don McNay | Posted 12.20.2008 | Business
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The financial system was supposedly broke. America wants the CEOs begging for cash to act like broke people.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton: Masterstroke, Mousetrap, Or Both?
William Bradley | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics
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Potential Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. Is it a masterstroke by President-elect Obama? A mousetrap for the Clintons? Is it even happening at all?
After the Obama Win.
William Galston | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics
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On the critical issue of government's role, Democrats do not have a mandate. Rather, they have a chance to make their case.
Post Election Predictions for All News Junkies
Tom Alderman | Posted 12.07.2008 | Media
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For news junkies, the fun has just begun. There's an administration to cast, speculation about post-election deals, mergers and maneuvers. And how about the people who deliver the news?
LBJ Can Rest Easy Now
Craig Crawford | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics
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Barack Obama's election proves that by doing the right thing, Lyndon B. Johnson and his party ultimately got their reward.
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Norman MacAfee | Posted 12.05.2008 | Entertainment
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Stone assembled a game cast to play the characters who've wrought destruction upon the world in these past seven years. Except for two or three, they are bland and vague versions of the real.
Don't Do It, Rahm!
William Klein | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics
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Even if helping Obama means more to Rahm Emanuel than his personal political career, he can do more for Barack by staying in the House.
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