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Those Who Wait and Those Who Don’t

The middle of a long holiday weekend is when there is no big news in the world. And that goes double when the holiday is Labor Day and the day is Sunday. The Saturday college football games have been… more →

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Those Who Wait and Those Who Don't

Alan wrote 1 year ago: The middle of a long holiday weekend is when there is no big news in the world. And that goes double … more →

Tags: Obama as messiah, republican obstructionism., Republicans – Party of the South, Obama Needs to Step Up, Obama Disappoints the Left, Republican-sabotage, Left Angry with Obama, Waiting for Godot, Labor Day Weekend

Feminist Friday: When Will Obama Free These Slaves? — 13 comments

madamab wrote 1 year ago: Courtesy of Gawker, 11/2008 During the 2008 campaign, we all had to endure the ludicrous spectacle o … more →

Tags: Civil Liberties, Feminism, Human Rights, misogyny, Morning Widdershins, obama, Open thread, sexism, Women

The Teacher's Dilemma

Alan wrote 2 years ago: Some things stay with you. It was June 1981 – so long ago it might have been the birth of today … more →

Tags: Education, Obama as FDR, Teaching, Obama Changing Little, leaving teaching, the teacher's dilemma, Always the Teacher's Fault, Disappointed in Obama, Obama's failure

Feels Like Civil War Brewing Again — 5 comments

Alan wrote 4 years ago: Perhaps it was inevitable. We had that Civil War almost one hundred forty years ago, and, if you … more →

Tags: Republicans Regroup, Republicans in the Wilderness, Republicans Purge the Intellectuals, Republican Opposition to Stimulus Package, Republicans Reject Cooperation, Civil War Brewing Again, Republicans – Party of the South, Obama's State of the Union Speech, Republican Party Becomes Regional

Possible Better Angels

Alan wrote 4 years ago: Much has been made of the change in Washington. A friend, a highly-respected attorney, who knows mor … more →

Tags: Obama Win Changes How We Think, Obama and Mutual Tolerance, Obama al-Arabiya Interview, Our Better Angels, Inherent Human Goodness, Hobbes on Man's Nature, Dacher Keltner - Born to be Good

Riding the Train Between the Past and the Future

Alan wrote 4 years ago: The Saturday before the inauguration of Barack Obama was a news hole – you reported on the anticipat … more →

Tags: America's Loss of Respect, Obama Calm and Steady, Obama the Pragmatist, Obama: What Works, Obama and Hope for the Future, Obama's Train to DC, US AIR Crash in NYC, Bush after the Presidency, Intervention versus Inspiration

How Did It Come To This?

Alan wrote 4 years ago: It happens every December – suddenly it’s Christmas, and then it’s not, and the year is … more →

Tags: Economic Issues, Obama wins, Financial meltdown, Year in Review, Black Swan Event Theory, No One Could Have Anticipated, the end of capitalism

Reasonable Vengeance

Alan wrote 4 years ago: So, December opened with more news of who will be running things come January 20 – Obama introduced … more →

Tags: Torture, War crimes, Obama the Pragmatist, Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State, Obama and Torture, Obama: What Works, Obama's Cabinet Picks, The Angry Left, Obama's cabinet

Immediate Historical Perspective

Alan wrote 4 years ago: When you get to be an old coot you find yourself muttering under your breath that no one knows anyth … more →

Tags: The Uses of History, obama, Obama as FDR


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