Month: April 2012

Unleash the Big Dog

Setting aside the many problems I have with Bill Clinton, I think he is by far the most effective surrogate in the country. More than any other partisan commentator, people will listen to Clinton when he takes Obama’s side...

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Ask the Conservatives

There are two reasons why this is happening. There are two reasons, for example, why Atlas Van Lines can’t find anyone to drive its trucks in Louisville, and why Dallas can only afford to give job training to 43 out of the...

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We Used to Be Better Than This

I wonder what Ms. Murillo’s boyfriend will think if he ever sees the following printed in the pages of the New York Times: Esmeralda Murillo, a 21-year-old mother of two, lost her welfare check, landed in a shelter and...

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Bullish Quotes From Israel on Iran Nuclear Talks

. Have Netanyahu and Obama agreed on the outcome of negotiations with Iran? Benjamin Netanyahu and Ehud Barak have sketched out in unprecedented detail the outlines of a diplomatic outcome with Iran which would be acceptable to...

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RIP Mike Wallace

Mike Wallace made a few mistakes in his professional life but, overall, he was pretty close to the ideal journalist. I imagine even a lot of right-wingers should think so, even though they long ago convinced themselves that CBS...

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