One Week Left to Help Jobless Ohioans!
A week ago, I told you about Energize Clinton County, a grassroots organization run by two recent college graduates (Mark Rembert and Taylor Stuckert) who want to turn their economically devastated...
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Obama, John Rawls, and a Defense of the Unreasonable
Cross-posted from ProgressiveHistorians If you want to understand President Obama's soul, read his books. But if you want to understand his beliefs, read John Rawls. The Harvard academic, who died in...
View ArticleWhy Sestak-Specter Is About More Than a Senate Seat
Cross-posted at ProgressiveHistorians and BooMan Tribune.BooMan sez:You'd think I'd be more interested in the campaign of Joe Sestak to defeat Arlen Specter and win the Democratic nomination for one of...
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The Myth of Karl Rove
Cross-posted from ProgressiveHistorians."The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist." -- Kevin Spacey, The Usual SuspectsThe greatest trick Karl Rove ever pulled...
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The Elizabeth Edwards I Remember
(Cross-posted, with slight edits, from The Crolian Progressive.) When we talk, for a brief moment, with celebrities, we have no way of knowing whether our snap impressions of them reflect the whole...
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My Man Mitch: Major Medicare Moxie?
(Cross-posted from The Crolian Progressive.)Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels (R), a potential 2012 Presidential contender, has some interesting things to say about Medicare and Social Security. Let's...
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Autarky: Why Facebook Credits are Doomed to Failure
Warner Bros. has announced it will begin streaming films on Facebook. In some ways, this is a good move for the studio, allowing them entrance into a market that could potentially put rivals such as...
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Frank Ninkovich and the Domino Theory: A Reconsideration
In 1994 and 1999, Frank Ninkovich published two seminal works of American foreign policy history, Modernity and Power and The Wilsonian Century. In these volumes, Ninkovich brilliantly reinterpreted...
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Rick Perlstein and the Nixon Myth
Former Nixon aide, now nice and thoughtful guy (yes, true story), John Taylor has a new blog post about Rick Perlstein's book Nixonland (2008). (H/t Maarja Krusten for the link.) In his post, Taylor...
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What Could Obama Have Done?
Well, I'm glad you asked.Many progressives believe Obama has been a very good president who has done the best he could despite being hamstrung by Republicans in the Senate. The crux of this argument...
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Donate to Planned Parenthood In Honor of Mitch Daniels!
(Note: the following text was written, mostly, by my friend Sean. I was involved in some of the brainstorming behind this, and I've tweaked the prose a bit to make it more appropriate for Daily Kos,...
View ArticleHomeschooled Children Need Your Help -- Here's How
Let me tell you the stories of three homeschooled children. Then, see if you can guess which ones are real, and which ones are made up. Child A received a wonderful education from loving parents with...
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