The sinking of a South Korean ship is just the latest of North Korea’s provocations.
The Coming Tax Hike
March 30, 2010 By 19 Comments
Obama may have handed Republicans the perfect election-year slogan: Just say no to new taxes.
No, Sean, Carter Isn’t Distancing Himself from Obama
February 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Mediaite is calling Sean Hannity to task for a misleading characterization of recent remarks from former President Jimmy Carter. It seems Foreign Affairs recently warned that the worst-case scenario of the Obama Administration’s foreign policy was that the current president would end up looking like the thirty-ninth. Naturally, Carter was none too thrilled about being [...]
The Savaging of Paul Ryan
February 10, 2010 By 27 Comments
The Wisconsin Republican has a plan to restore America’s financial footing – and Democrats won’t forgive him for it.
Courtroom Cirque du Jihad
January 29, 2010 By 27 Comments
Welcome to the circus trial of “Lady al-Qaeda” Aafia Siddiqui.
James Kirchick: Why shouldn’t we waterboard Abdulmutallab? – Daily News
January 3, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Picture this hypothetical situation: A member of Al Qaeda boards a transatlantic flight bearing 269 passengers and crew headed for a major American city – let’s just say Detroit – with powdered explosives stitched into his undergarments. As the plane makes its final descent, the terrorist at this point in our narrative, that’s what he [...]
Storylines With Politically Fatal Endings
December 2, 2009 By Leave a Comment
If Politico’s John F. Harris is correct and “Presidential politics is about storytelling” then the Obama campaign took an enormous risk using a narrative that left a lot to the individual imagination. Obama’s ambiguous call for change, created a fill-in-the-blank scenario for independents and moderates, and a call-to-arms for progressives.
In Monday’s article “7 stories Barack [...]
