By • Jan 20,2009

The Eternal Return to Barbarism

Since I’m on a Will Wilkinson kick, here’s a post of his (via Andrew) that I’m more dyspeptic about. A taste of what bugs me: Indeed, over the past half-century,...

By • Jan 20,2009

Inaugural post

I’m working from home today–journalists don’t take days off! Snow, rain, inaugurations, traffic jams…none of these things stop us!–so I don’t have any flowery prose celebrating the inauguration of Barack...

By • Jan 20,2009

Inaugurals Through History

Barack Obama is thinking of the words of Abraham Lincoln. The President-Elect recently told ABC that “Every time you read that Second Inaugural, you start getting intimidated.” (Lincoln’s First Inaugural...

By • Jan 20,2009

New head of policy planning

Word is that Anne-Marie Slaughter is going to be tapped by Secretary Clinton. I was familiar with her basic resume but I must say my jaw kinda hit the floor...