Obama and Pragmatism: Thinking Through Values
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on May 6th, 2009 4:34 am by HL
Obama and Pragmatism: Thinking Through Values
I keep hearing the White House staff describe the President as a pragmatist. David Axelrod, one of his chief advisors whom I admire enormously, recently called him a “ruthless pragmatist.” Soon, I expect, he’ll be called a “take-no-prisoners pragmatist,” or…
The Means Of Reproduction
Investigative journalist Michelle Goldberg joins us at Cafe this week for our latest book club discussion on her new book The Means of Reproduction: Sex, Power, and the Future of the World. The subject of the book is the global…
Why Obama is Taking on Corporate Tax Havens
Why, one may ask, is Obama taking on yet another huge fight by taking aim at foreign tax havens? Yes, it’s unfair that multinationals pay an average tax rate of only 2 percent on their foreign revenues, and it’s unfair…
