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By Sep 04,2008

A community organizer

Over at The Plank, Sacha Zimmerman asks ‘Since when is a “community organizer” such a big bad thing to the Republicans? I mean, aren’t delegatesessentially–nay, actually–community organizers? And shouldn’t Republicans,...

By Sep 04,2008

An important point on Trig

Friend and former colleague Jonathan V. Last has some smart points in this post over at First Things, and I’d like to highlight one in particular: As such, the left...

By Sep 04,2008

Horse Trade

Frank Fukuyama has an excellent op-ed up over across the pond in the Financial Times. In it, he asserts that the era of American global hegemony is effectively over, and...

By Sep 04,2008

The Palin Trap

As usual, Reihan is on to something: The Palin pick is the politicial equivalent of bear-baiting. Yes, ridiculing Palin as a hick and a rube, and devaluing her experience, comes...