Lincoln Mitchell: Obama and Charges of Elitism-Again
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on November 15th, 2009 5:43 am by HL
Lincoln Mitchell: Obama and Charges of Elitism-Again
President Obama’s most enduring political weakness has been his relative difficulty connecting with working class white Americans. He won the Democratic nomination in 2008 by…
Abortion Rights Groups Scramble In Stupak Amendment’s Wake
WASHINGTON — Abortion rights groups, outflanked and outnumbered in the health debate, are scrambling to regain lost ground after the House passed a health bill…
Thomson Illinois Residents Welcome Gitmo Detainees: ‘It Would Help The Businesses Here’
News that the federal government seems interested in transferring detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the Thomson Correctional Center was greeted warmly in this small,…
An Interview With David Bromwich About Obama, Afghanistan
David Bromwich seems to me better yet at Obama-watching than at press criticism. He can write with penetration of Barack Obama as an American almost-literary…
Frank Rich: The Missing Link Between Fort Hood And The War In Afghanistan
For all the right’s jeremiads, its own brand of political correctness kept it from connecting two crucial dots: how our failing war against terrorists in…