Some candidates—like Michelle Bachmann—boast that God told them to run for office. Others—like Rick Perry—unashamedly use religious doctrines as political talking points. But when
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What Obama can learn from FDR
In 1934, President Roosevelt traveled to Green Bay, Wisconsin to support working families who were struggling against the equivalent of today’s Koch brothers. By
Sad state of affairs: Richard Nixon now qualifies as a reasonable Republican
Attention, lefties over the age of 50: The Republican we all loved to hate in the 1960s and 70s, the President we reviled for
It’s so much easier to be a Republican
Jon Stewart had a terrific run of making the late Alaska Senator Ted Stevens the poster child for the Republican answer to just about
President Obama on “Undercover Boss?”
I’ve been quite fortunate to be spending a few days in Chicago while reading Obama: From Promise to Power by David Mendell. Mendell is
Looking at The Bean, seeing ourselves
Today I joined hundreds of tourists, camp groups, families and local residents who were visiting The Bean in Chicago’s Millennium Park. [British artist Anish
Presidential primary chaos: Here we go again
Question: When will the first 2012 presidential primary or caucus take place? Answer: Nobody knows. Nearly four years after the presidential primary chaos of
Curious history of politicians in Plains states
Omaha, NE; Thursday, July 21, 2011. Traveling through America’s plain’s states, there is much to be learned about the distressing changes in both the
Dan Froomkin: Debt ceiling deal benefits wealthy and Wall Street
Dan Froomkin’s explanation of the debt ceiling debacle is one of the best I have read. He makes the simple, obvious, point: The obsessive
$2 trillion: the ballpark figure du jour?
$2 trillion is a very popular number. When the right-wing hostage takers at long last agreed to a $2.1 trillion ransom for the debt