The Plank
Our Dumb Country
Via Ben Smith, Public Policy Polling has a new poll out about Americans' opinions about whether or not Obama was born in the U.S. and discovers that it's actually a very difficult to get an accurate measure, since, as the pollsters write, there are READ MORE >>
TNRtv: The Key To Resuscitating Health Reform
Ruy Teixeira, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and the Century Foundation, weighs in on the declining popularity of health care reform, and reveals what Democrats must do to save it. --Ben Eisler Check out the latest on TNRtv: READ MORE >>
Finally, An Appropriate Use of Twitter!
Tweets from a 28-year-old guy who lives with his 73-year-old dad and "just write[s] down shit that he says." Brilliant! (H/t E.H.) READ MORE >>
Where Health Care Is Headed
Ed Kilgore is managing editor of The Democratic Strategist, a senior fellow at the Progressive Policy Institute, and a frequent contributor to a variety of political journals. Believe it or not, it's becoming possible to get a feeling for how the health care reform struggle may play out this fall. READ MORE >>
TNRtv: On the Eve of Elections, the "Taliban Are Winning"
In this TNRtv exclusive, Bruce Riedel contends that the "Taliban are winning" the war in Afghanistan (General McChrystal denied such claims earlier this month), and he reveals his specific time estimate for when U.S. policies in the region will bear fruit. Bruce Riedel is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and chaired Obama's strategy review of Afghanistan and Pakistan. READ MORE >>
The Trouble With Bipartisanship (cont'd)
This time as defined by Jon Kyl, who told reporters today that the co-op plan (which Kent Conrad came up with as a compromise to the public plan) is also a non-starter for Republicans: READ MORE >>
Slideshow: Would-be Afghan Rulers
Robert Novak (1931-2009)
Our archives turned up four pieces on The Prince of Darkness--an evaluation of the columns that he and Rowland Evans were writing during the 1980s, as well reviews of his books on Presidents Reagan, Nixon, and Johnson.You can find them below. The Prince and the Preppy, by Michael Massing, January 20, 1986. READ MORE >>
The Troy Davis Case And Standards Of Review
The Supreme Court made waves yesterday with its nearly unprecedented decision to order a federal district court to conduct an evidentiary hearing into the case of Troy Davis, the Georgia man sentenced to death based largely on the testimony of eyewitnesses who have since recanted. READ MORE >>
