EJ Dionne: Hope Over Cynicism

EJ Dionne had a nice piece in yesterday’s paper encouraging hope over cynicism.  Here are a few key sections (emphasis added): The...

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...

Eight Million

The president held a press conference this afternoon to announce that the final number of health care exchange enrollees, as...

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...

Can We Get Help for the Unemployed Out Of the House?

In the course of a worthy rumination on how we might get some relief for Americans who still need unemployment...

Climate Change Status Update

A few days after President Obama announced his climate change initiatives, I was catching up on my NYRB back issues and happened...

Obama Takes the Lead on Climate Change

President Obama’s speech last week (video, transcript) on climate change was important in all kinds of ways.  The steps he’s...

There’s No Deal to Be Made With Absolutist Tea Party Republicans

Interesting turnabout by Ezra Klein over the last few days.  On Friday he documented how little some GOP Congressmen know...

Fact Sheet from Last Night’s SOTU

Here’s the overview page from the White House Fact Sheet for last night’s State of the Union speech. The President’s...

Obama Second Inaugural, and Reactions

Terrific second inaugural speech from the President yesterday.  I was at work and had to content myself with reading the text at...