What ails the president? The intractability of the political and capitalist forces that make curing the nation’s greatest ills virtually impossible.
Executive Branch
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
CFPB Targets the Nerds
Consumer agency posts job ad in website source code.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Sabotage Makes Sense!
Republicans have every reason to harm the economy between now and November.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
You Say You Want an Evolution…
… in which Tigger thumps her tail soundly.Â
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Motives, Principles, and Political Leadership
Paul Waldman’s post about the uselessness of motives in evaluating politicians reminds me of a question a student asked me this week when assessing the Johnson administration. To paraphrase, my student said that his impression was that while LBJ may have signed two important civil rights bills, his motives for doing so were far from […]
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Romney’s Impatient Plan
The former Massachusetts governor sets his sights on an ambitious first day at the White House.
Posted inBooks
The Republican Socialist
A new biography shows that Dwight Eisenhower was a more cunning and active president than he gets credit for.Â
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A Disaster Waiting to Happen
Obama’s failure to balance the federal judiciary could set liberal priorities back a generation.
