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Party Like It’s 1969
The most significant parallel between Afghanistan and Vietnam isn’t the potential quagmire abroad.
Comparisons between Afghanistan and Vietnam are popular these days, as worries of another “quagmire” mount. But the most significant parallel might not be the wars themselves, but rather the divisions they cause among Democrats in Congress. As with Vietnam, Congressional divisions could set the public narrative on Afghanistan and leave the President with a political quagmire at home.
Democrats won big in the 1964 election,…
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Drag Me to Health Care Reform
The more you ignore health care reform, the closer it gets to happening. This weekend, the big important bill passed by a very narrow margin in the House of Representatives. Now that big important bill has moved into the Senate, where it and two other bills of equal bigness and importance will have their details hammered out before merging into one super bill—if Joe Lieberman can’t filibuster it to the end of time, that is.
So far,…
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Obama Celebrates Anniversary by Pushing Controversial Education Reform Program
Well this is interesting: The President and Arne Duncan are celebrating Obama’s first anniversary in office by pushing states to come up with bold ways to reform education. Until recently, it seemed to me that education had fallen off the administration’s priority list entirely. Then Obama delivered his intense and hated-by-conservatives stay-in-school plea (follow that link for video and transcript), where he put the onus on kids to take responsibility for their own education, and now…
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The Little GDP that Could (and Finally Did)
After four quarters of decline, the U.S. Gross Domestic Product finally saw a quarter of growth. The upswing from negative 6.4 percent to positive 3.5 (that’s a change of 9.9 percentage points for you non-mathematicians) since Barack Obama took office is the largest rate of increase over two-quarters since 1980.
Like Megan McArdle, I’ve always been a little skeptical of looking at GDP growth as the be-all end-all barometer of our national health. Then again, Andrew Sullivan…
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The First Marriage – NYTimes.com
It’s modern. It’s a formidable brand. And it’s an ongoing negotiation between two strong-minded individuals.
Original article: Magazine Preview – The First Marriage – NYTimes.com
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Testing Obama’s Medal
How Obama can overcome incredulous reactions and truly earn his Nobel Peace Prize in Copenhagen.
They’re still scraping jaws off the floors of the U.N. center in Bangkok. For it was at the tail end of the last day of the two-week session of climate change talks, during which the United States stood tall and stubborn as the biggest obstacle to an international agreement to be achieved Copenhagen, that word of Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize buzzed…
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Obama’s call to action
For those of you not on Obama’s mailing list, this is the full message, of which you may have heard snippets elsewhere, that came earlier today in response to his Nobel Peace Prize. I must say, I find it pretty damn awesome.
So, let’s get to it. That’s why we’re here:
This morning, Michelle and I awoke to some surprising and humbling news. At 6 a.m., we received word that I’d been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize…
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The GOOD 100: Data.gov
Digital Democracy
Numerous times since January, the Obama administration has found that making promises about governmental transparency is a lot easier than actually making the government transparent. But Data.gov, the repository of data from federal agencies, is certainly a step in the right direction. Need to know the daily interest rates on Treasury bills in 2005? You can find it on Data.gov. Of course, the promise of the website lies not in personal use, but in what…
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Obama 0 for 1 on Trips to Denmark
Obama’s last-minute trip to Copenhagen to appeal to members of the Olympic Committee to pick his hometown (and, you know, U.S. city) has failed, as Chicago was eliminated in the first round of voting. This should bring great joy to the people who somehow equated the massive economic benefits of an Olympics coming to a U.S. city with all of Obama’s other policies that they hate, and chose to be against it. To the Chicago…
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Laura Ling & Euna Lee – A Foreign Policy Crisis
On the face of it, North Korea’s sentencing yesterday of Laura Ling and Euna Lee to 12 years of hard labor in one of their infamous labor camps is a devastating blow to all of those hoping for their rapid release and return home. Considering the unprecedented stakes and circumstances surrounding their case, Laura and Euna’s predicament is fast evolving into a tricky political situation for President Barack Obama who has made clear his steadfast belief that…
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Party Like It’s 1969
The most significant parallel between Afghanistan and Vietnam isn’t the potential quagmire abroad.
Comparisons between Afghanistan and Vietnam are popular these days, as worries of another “quagmire” mount. But the most significant parallel might not be the wars themselves, but rather the divisions they cause among Democrats in Congress. As with Vietnam, Congressional divisions could set the public narrative on Afghanistan and leave the President with a political quagmire at home.
Democrats won big in the 1964 election,…
Read & Discuss
Drag Me to Health Care Reform
The more you ignore health care reform, the closer it gets to happening. This weekend, the big important bill passed by a very narrow margin in the House of Representatives. Now that big important bill has moved into the Senate, where it and two other bills of equal bigness and importance will have their details hammered out before merging into one super bill—if Joe Lieberman can’t filibuster it to the end of time, that is.
So far,…
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The Little GDP that Could (and Finally Did)
After four quarters of decline, the U.S. Gross Domestic Product finally saw a quarter of growth. The upswing from negative 6.4 percent to positive 3.5 (that’s a change of 9.9 percentage points for you non-mathematicians) since Barack Obama took office is the largest rate of increase over two-quarters since 1980.
Like Megan McArdle, I’ve always been a little skeptical of looking at GDP growth as the be-all end-all barometer of our national health. Then again, Andrew Sullivan…
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The First Marriage – NYTimes.com
It’s modern. It’s a formidable brand. And it’s an ongoing negotiation between two strong-minded individuals.
Original article: Magazine Preview – The First Marriage – NYTimes.com
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Testing Obama’s Medal
How Obama can overcome incredulous reactions and truly earn his Nobel Peace Prize in Copenhagen.
They’re still scraping jaws off the floors of the U.N. center in Bangkok. For it was at the tail end of the last day of the two-week session of climate change talks, during which the United States stood tall and stubborn as the biggest obstacle to an international agreement to be achieved Copenhagen, that word of Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize buzzed…
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Obama’s call to action
For those of you not on Obama’s mailing list, this is the full message, of which you may have heard snippets elsewhere, that came earlier today in response to his Nobel Peace Prize. I must say, I find it pretty damn awesome.
So, let’s get to it. That’s why we’re here:
This morning, Michelle and I awoke to some surprising and humbling news. At 6 a.m., we received word that I’d been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize…
Read & Discuss
Obama 0 for 1 on Trips to Denmark
Obama’s last-minute trip to Copenhagen to appeal to members of the Olympic Committee to pick his hometown (and, you know, U.S. city) has failed, as Chicago was eliminated in the first round of voting. This should bring great joy to the people who somehow equated the massive economic benefits of an Olympics coming to a U.S. city with all of Obama’s other policies that they hate, and chose to be against it. To the Chicago…
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Laura Ling & Euna Lee – A Foreign Policy Crisis
On the face of it, North Korea’s sentencing yesterday of Laura Ling and Euna Lee to 12 years of hard labor in one of their infamous labor camps is a devastating blow to all of those hoping for their rapid release and return home. Considering the unprecedented stakes and circumstances surrounding their case, Laura and Euna’s predicament is fast evolving into a tricky political situation for President Barack Obama who has made clear his steadfast belief that…
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Barack Obama
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Sketch for Change – Artists for Obama
by Tim Biskup >> Bid on Ebay
www.sketchforchange.com
Sketch for Change is a new grassroots project some friends and I put together to use the power of art to support Barack Obama’s
presidential campaign.
Twenty-one well-known artists (from Baby Tattooville) including Gary Baseman, Tim Biskup, Shag, Luke Chueh, Amanda Visell, Jeff Soto, and more have generously contributed sketches which are currently up for auction on eBay.
All the funds we raise will be donated to the Obama campaign. In
addition, we…
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The GOOD 100: Data.gov
Digital Democracy
Numerous times since January, the Obama administration has found that making promises about governmental transparency is a lot easier than actually making the government transparent. But Data.gov, the repository of data from federal agencies, is certainly a step in the right direction. Need to know the daily interest rates on Treasury bills in 2005? You can find it on Data.gov. Of course, the promise of the website lies not in personal use, but in what…
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