About Tuesday Night’s Speech

Some folks may be swooning over DJT’s Tuesday performance, but theater aside, it was simply what Eugene Robinson describes as “a...

Powerful Michelle Obama Speech: If You Want to be Big, Don’t be Small

My father-in-law used to say, “If you want to be big, don’t be small.”  I’ve been reminded of the wisdom...

Speeches From This Week’s Democratic National Convention

Even in the midst of crisis, she listens to people. And she keeps her cool,” Obama said of Clinton earlier....

Watch President Obama’s Speech Yesterday at the Islamic Society of Baltimore

It took me a few sittings to get through this speech, but it was worth it.  And how impressive is...

A Momentous Week (Supreme Court Decisions on Obamacare, Marriage Equality, Plus a Stirring Eulogy)

EJ Dionne captures some of the significance of last week’s events: When change stops waiting By E.J. Dionne Jr. Opinion...

Obama at Selma: His Best Speech Yet?

What greater expression of faith in the American experiment than this, what greater form of patriotism is there than the belief...

State of the Union Notes

I haven’t had much time for reading up on it this week, but here are just a few things I came...

Waldman: On Iraq, Let’s Ignore Those Who Got it All Wrong

Good advice from Paul Waldman: On Iraq, let’s ignore those who got it all wrong BY PAUL WALDMAN June 13...

Jon Stewart on Paul Ryan’s Free Lunch

Here’s Jon Stewart on Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) misuse of the school lunch story at last weekend’s convention for “conservatives.” The...

Why This Week’s SOTU Was So Much About the Economy

Jonathan Chait wrote a piece yesterday on why Obama felt obliged to devote so much of Tuesday night’s State of...