Maybe Demagoguery Is Not the Only Item on the Menu
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on February 28th, 2009 5:33 am by HL
Maybe Demagoguery Is Not the Only Item on the Menu
Ok, Katulis, you got me. The experience of the last eight years shows that a leader can inflict enormous damage on American institutions, American civil society, and indeed the global polis without meeting the formal definition of demagogue –…
Finally a Progressive Budget
President Obama’s new budget is, well, audacious — not just because it includes several big, audacious initiatives (universally affordable health care, and a cap-and-trade system for coping with global warming, for starters) but also because it represents the biggest redistribution…
Democracy And Political Economy
I’m pleased to have a chance to take part in this discussion of Mike Signer’s book, which is not only a rewarding meditation on politics in its own right but also a timely intervention in the public debate following…