Sixty Years After Desegregation, Ending "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"
[ Posted Monday, July 28th, 2008 – 15:58 UTC ]
Sixty years ago, on July 26, 1948, President Harry S Truman singlehandedly desegregated the United States military.
Archive of Articles for 2008
Friday Talking Points [40] -- Obama Shines, McCain Whines
[ Posted Friday, July 25th, 2008 – 16:17 UTC ]
Be careful what you wish for, John.
The Third-Party Factor
[ Posted Thursday, July 24th, 2008 – 17:21 UTC ]
Since this week seems to be "Numbers Week" here at CW.com, I'd like to take a very close look at two recent polls, because they show something astonishing which everyone appears to be either ignoring or missing: When pollsters ask about four candidates instead of two, Obama's lead goes up. When Bob Barr and [...]
Exclusive Interview: An M.I.T. And A Yale Professors' Cure For The Electoral College
[ Posted Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 – 13:53 UTC ]
I had the chance recently to interview two professors in the field of statistics (from Yale University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology), who have jointly come up with an interesting plan for replacing the Electoral College. Their plan would retain the electoral advantages small states currently have, but would remove the winner-take-all system we have now.
What Would You Ask Barack Obama?
[ Posted Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 – 16:58 UTC ]
So I open up it up to the field instead: if you could ask Barack Obama one question, what would it be? I would especially like to hear the response of anyone who has not made up their mind yet on Obama -- in other words, what would close the deal for you?
Charting The Electoral Math Looks Good For Obama
[ Posted Monday, July 21st, 2008 – 14:42 UTC ]
Now, I don't want anyone to be swept up in untimely exuberance, and firmly caution against prematurely popping champagne corks here. There's a lot of time left in this race, and anything can happen. But things are undeniably looking good for Obama's chances of winning versus McCain's.
Friday Talking Points [39] -- Republican Elitism Edition
[ Posted Friday, July 18th, 2008 – 16:21 UTC ]
For only the fourth (or fifth, depending on how you count) time in his presidency, George W. Bush had a veto overridden by both houses of Congress this week. This is big news, since it doesn't happen very often.
Defining "Post-Partisan"
[ Posted Thursday, July 17th, 2008 – 15:09 UTC ]
What exactly does Barack Obama mean when he calls himself a "post-partisan" politician? What, indeed does "post-partisan" mean? The answer to such a basic question seems obvious, but then again maybe not, since people all across the political spectrum seem to be misunderstanding the term itself.
War Is Over (If Maliki Wants It)
[ Posted Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 – 15:35 UTC ]
You might have missed it, because there has been an astonishing lack of interest in this story in both the mainstream media and (surprisingly) the liberal blogosphere, but America's military involvement in Iraq may soon and irrevocably be drawing to a close. With timetables for withdrawal and everything!
Excerpts From Barack Obama's Iraq Speech
[ Posted Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 – 16:00 UTC ]
[I'm not normally this lazy, but today I think I will sit back and let the presumptive Democratic nominee for president speak. Barack Obama was roundly castigated by the media last week for a non-story (because he said he might "refine" his Iraq policy). This seemed to fit into the media narrative of "Barack's a flip-flopper," which they had been pushing hard. But anyone who has listened to what Obama actually has said during the campaign about Iraq was surely scratching their head, since his recent remarks were pretty much what he's been saying all along. Since the media went into overdrive on this non-issue, Barack has been fighting back. And, as I discussed yesterday, Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki has given Obama a huge opening by demanding a timetable for American troops to leave Iraq. Obama has been taking advantage of this opportunity, first by penning an op-ed article in yesterday's New York Times, and today by giving a speech on foreign policy. While this was a wide-ranging speech which addressed more than just Iraq, I think it is worth excerpting Obama's strong commitment to ending the Iraq war, in case anyone's been listening to too much mainstream media in the past week or so. Without further ado, here is Barack Obama on Iraq (if you're interested, you should read the full text of his speech).]