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Playing the China Card

Monday, February 8, 2010

In a speech a few weeks ago Hillary Clinton criticized China and other nations for their Internet censorship, warning that what she called an “information curtain” might prevent the citizens of such countries from the free flow of information.  Her speech came shortly after Google reported it was the victim of computer hacking that it [...]

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Blame Me. I’m From Massachusetts*

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

I’ve disliked Scott Brown, our senator-elect, since the Brown family PR machine started pumping articles about daughter Ayla into the local media about four years ago.  Anyone trying so hard for fame is suspect.  I’ll give him credit for campaigning well, tapping into the fear and uncertainty of a critical mass of the electorate.  Martha [...]

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Fresh Air

Saturday, January 24, 2009

How novel–a president who favors transparency over secrecy, openness over furtiveness, the rule of law over the rule of executive power.  One of President Obama’s first acts was to order federal agencies to “adopt a presumption in favor” of requests under the Freedom of Information Act.  His next act was to order recommendations to improve [...]

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Year in Review

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

This video — “Uncle Jay Explains”– provides a short, funny, musical look back on 2008. (Thanks, JL)

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Party Like It’s 1949

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

For South, A Waning Hold on National Politics in today’s NY Times, and the excellent accompanying interactive graphic, provide more data on the marginalization of the Republican party.  Obama’s victory without support of the deep south marks the end of 36 years of the Southern Strategy pioneered in Nixon’s 1972 re-election campaign.  A Democrat victory [...]

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Party of the Past

Sunday, November 9, 2008

Not so long ago the Republican Party was ascendant.  More new voters registered Republican than Democrat and Republican clubs sprouted on college campuses.  Karl Rove spoke of a “permanent Republican majority,” the institutionalization of us-versus-them exclusivity at all stages of electoral politics.
No more.  The media is filled with stories of the inroads Obama made in [...]

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The Real America

Friday, November 7, 2008

Timothy Egan’s post on the NY Times Blog captures some noteworthy facts on Tuesday’s election.  It begins “[g]uess who won Joe the Plumber’s vote.  Not Joe the symbol and unlicensed tax-dodger coming soon to a garage sale near you, but the ral people about $42,000 a year, the median income for plumbers and pipefitters.  Barack [...]

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