Kansas
The Romance of Realism
Eisenhower in War and Peace By Jean Edward Smith (Random House, 950 pp., $40) READ MORE >>
The Nostalgia Throwdown, Ctd.
Two days ago, I noted the element of nostalgia for the post-World War II era in President Obama's State of the Union address and its precursor, his much-hyped speech last month in Kansas. In his call for restoring the public investment and middle-class stability of those years, I wrote, Obama seeks to "demonstrate that more broadly shared prosperity, with higher marginal tax rates, is not incompatible with strong economic growth, and is in fact inextricably linked with it. READ MORE >>
Bob Dole's Sweet Revenge
White House: Here's Why You Have To Care About Inequality
Why Obama’s New Populism May Sink His Campaign
President Obama’s much-heralded speech in Osawatomie, Kansas focused on inequality, which, he argued, is undermining our prosperity, weakening our democracy, and shrinking our middle class. While there’s a serious data-based argument to be made in favor of that view, recent surveys suggest that most Americans don’t share it. If the speech becomes the thematic template for his reelection campaign, it may well reduce his chances of prevailing in a close race. READ MORE >>
How Obama Should Get Tough With Congress on Recess Appointments
Entitlement Society, To A Samba Beat
The GOP vs. TR
How Pundits are Misreading Obama’s Speech—and Teddy Roosevelt’s
Deadline: Fairest of Them All
[with contributions from Matt O'Brien and Darius Tahir] READ MORE >>
