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In Defense of Obama Idealism4 comments

scribblerist wrote 3 weeks ago: Stillman Brown’s blood pressure is peaking. This week’s Talk of the Town is by George Pa … more »

Tags: Comment, Barack Obama, Iraq War, the surge, Obama supporters, Public finanacing

Obama needs to upgrade Iraq policy

matthewjbell wrote 3 weeks ago: Obama is saying things about Iraq that don’t seem to jibe with what’s going on there rig … more »

Tags: Election 2008, Podcast, PRI's The World, BBC News, iraq, Barack Obama

Trash Talk1 comment

hotfiler wrote 1 month ago: The go to punch for Republicans against Democrats … more »

Tags: 08 Campaign, Democratic Party, Barack Obama, Elitism, George W. Bush, John McCain, Karl Rove, Pat Buchanan, Richard Nixon

The End of People, Movements, the World1 comment

Elizabeth wrote 1 month ago: Viennese artist Oscar Kokoschka had a doll made to resemble Alma Mahler (this is a letter to the dol … more »

Tags: Art, Books, health, Humor, People, Politics, writing, Alma Mahler, commies

The news, when we get around to it18 comments

Paul Wells wrote 2 months ago: I’m still digesting this extraordinary piece by New Yorker writer George Packer about what he … more »

Tags: Inkless Wells, Magazines, New Yorker, patrick muttart, Stephen Harper

Tide of Political Conservatism not (yet) Reversed2 comments

koulflo wrote 2 months ago: Contrary to the implication in George Packer’s article in the current issue of the New Yorker, … more »

Tags: Campaign '08, Politics, media, Naomi Klein, Barack Obama, Richard Mellon Scaife, The New Yorker, Rush Limbaugh, sheldon wolin

What's Right With the Right10 comments

Daniel McCarthy wrote 2 months ago: One of the things I found dissatisfying about George Packer’s recent “fall of conservati … more »

Tags: conservatism, Magazines, crunchy cons, Ron Paul

Downfall of the Conservative Movement7 comments

Jon Taplin wrote 2 months ago: The New Yorker’s George Packer writes a brilliant piece this week chronicling the downfall of … more »

Tags: Economics, Foreign Policy, George Bush, Interregnum, John McCain, Journalism, Politics, Conservative Movement, david brooks

George Packer on Fall of Conservatism

cjsmith wrote 2 months ago: This piece which is rightfully generating a great deal of thoughtful response is excellent.  Link h … more »

Tags: Politics, US-Domestic, American Conservatism, Goldwater Republicans, Reaganite Republicans

Tombs of Negligence: The Children of Sichuan2 comments

Steve Gorelick wrote 2 months ago:     Nothing gets me hyperventilating more quickly than rich countries allowing citizens lacking p … more »

Tags: China, Earthquake, Jaiku, Jiang Weixin, Katrina, Lagos, micro blogging, Richard Spencer, Sichuan

Obama and that speech5 comments

adamsmith1922 wrote 3 months ago: The New Yorker has an interesting article by George Packer on Barack Obama and Rev Wright issue wh … more »

Tags: Election 2008, History, Politics, USA, Barack Obama, Black Theology, Democratic Primaries, hillary clinton, Jeremiah Wright

Cutting Through the Hype

scribblerist wrote 4 months ago: Originally posted on One City, blog of the Interdependence Project Regular readers know I’ve … more »

Tags: Comment, Dept. of Frustration, Democratic Primary, Marc Ambinder, media, Polls, spin, statistics

Cutting Through the Hype1 comment

scribblerist wrote 4 months ago: By Stillman Brown Regular readers know I’ve been swept up in the cacophony of chatter surround … more »

Tags: Comment, Dept. of Frustration, media, Polls, Democratic Election, spin, statistics, Marc Ambinder

Wrong Kennedy

stoprobbers wrote 5 months ago: Today on the website for the New Yorker, George Packer wrote a blog about comparing Obama with JFK, … more »

Tags: campaign2008, History, Politics, Barack Obama, Campaign 2008, Robert F. Kennedy, The New Yorker

Obama or Clinton? The Best Writing1 comment

scribblerist wrote 5 months ago: If you’re a liberal/Democrat/progressive/angry young person who is still undecided about who t … more »

Tags: Shameless Plugs, Politics, obama, Voting, Democratic Primary, Clinton, Michael Chabon

Obama or Clinton? The Best Writing6 comments

scribblerist wrote 5 months ago: If you’re a liberal/Democrat/progressive/angry young person who is still undecided about who t … more »

Tags: Politics, Obama vs. Clinton, Michael Chabon, Primary

I'm so confuzed.......

sudari wrote 5 months ago: “ U R con-fuzing meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee” bff Mary emailed me this AM. I had just spent 45 minute … more »

Tags: Barack Obama, Caroline Kennedy, Election 2008, Food, frank rich, hillary clinton, jon reiss, Kennedy, pudding

What Does George Packer Know About Hillary Clinton's Book, Anyway?

Mark Coatney wrote 6 months ago: George Packer: Fine, smart writer. But I’m curious about a section in an otherwise nice New Yo … more »

Tags: Journalism, Books, Profiles, hillary clinton, The New Yorker, writing

Hillary or Obama? What's the difference?

christopherwerler wrote 6 months ago: THE POLITICAL SCENE THE CHOICE The Clinton-Obama battle reveals two very different ideas of the Pre … more »

Tags: Hillary, obama, The New Yorker


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