This year’s presidential campaigns demonstrate the steadily increasing integration of political figures into pop culture, and vice versa.
Obama Administration
Posted inAmerica and the World
Left for Scrap at Camp Leatherneck
The U.S. war in Afghanistan has been remarkably expensive, wasteful, and destructive. As a first lieutenant, I experienced its absurdity firsthand.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Volcker Without Tears
The Paul Volcker who tanked the economy in 1979 did massive and needless damage. The penitent Volcker of the Obama era had far more progressive views—and no influence.
Posted inHousing
Bernie Sanders Proposes Reparations—for Defrauded Homeowners
His Housing for All plan includes a commission to study and grant relief to victims of fraud and abuse in the aftermath of the foreclosure crisis.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Google Is Like Facebook—but a Lot Smarter
Unlike Mark Zuckerberg’s company, Google knows how to wield soft power to avoid estranging Democrats.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Can the Next Democratic Presidency Be Truly Transformative?
Obama couldn’t do it, and neither could Clinton. Can any of these candidates?
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Dynamically Scorned
Steve Mnuchin’s “fake math” analysis admits that the tax cuts will not pay for themselves. Will it matter?
Posted inLaw and Justice
DeVos Has Rescinded College Sexual Assault Guidelines. What Now?
The Trump administration’s decision to end the 2011 guidelines draw attention to a split in the left wing.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
We Need Barack Obama to Speak Out
His legacy is being undone, and his prophetic voice is a strong antidote to Trumpism.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Liberals, Obama, and that Wall Street Speaking Fee
The last thing Democrats need, in the Trump era of faux-populism, is to be branded as the party that’s cozy with Wall Street.