Waiting for Donald Trump: Third of a series on the 2016 presidential election and what comes next.
Barack Obama
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[UPDATED] Paladino apologizes for perverse wish list
[UPDATE] Former Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino has apologized for distasteful and racist remarks he made late last week. This time, the guy who ran point for Donald Trump in New York spouted off some garbage in our fellow alt-weekly, Buffalo’s Artvoice. He wished Barack Obama death by mad cow disease — which, in this revolting […]
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Feedback 11/30
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The Orlando tragedy and our struggle against hate
Yes, we need to talk about gun control and ISIS-inspired terrorism. But we also have to talk about hate.
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Barack Obama, Donald Trump, and America’s principles
I’ve tried to resist the feeling that doom is staring this country in the face. But that’s becoming more and more difficult.
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A do-nothing Congress? We ain’t seen nothing yet
Well, for anybody who loves a good fight, the next couple of years ought to be just splendid. Members of Congress will have plenty on their plates when they start their new session in January: government funding, tax policy, trade policy, economic growth, inequality, health care costs, Russia, China, Iran, Isis, infrastructure, education, immigration, climate […]
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Immigration plan’s winners and losers
People come to the US to escape extreme poverty and violence, said one Upstate New York immigrant farmworker after hearing President Obama’s immigration speech last week. “We’re here to do the right thing and provide food for everyone,” he said. “I didn’t come to this country to produce weapons or smuggle drugs. I produce food.” […]
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Looking for a leader for the White House
Many of us have been reading Doris Kearns Goodwin’s “The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism” this year. And boy, is it relevant right now, as Americans assess the fallout from the midterm elections and prepare for the 2016 presidential race. “Bully Pulpit” – a phrase coined by […]
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National security: the US, Obama, and Iraq
Here we go again. Another country far away is blowing itself up. And once more, here in The Homeland we’re debating whether we should get involved. That the blow-up is taking place in Iraq adds to the complexity (and the heat) of the debate. In the Washington Post, Fareed Zakaria warns that aiding the Iraqi […]
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Games Republicans play
“This isn’t some damn game.” That was John Boehner, digging in his heels last week as he insisted that Democrats negotiate over the Affordable Care Act. Not a game? I don’t know what else Boehner thinks the Republicans are up to. It certainly isn’t the business of running the country. And it’s not democracy (which, […]
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Feedback 9/18
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What’s next? Obama, Syria, and Congress
Obama’s address on Syria on Saturday wasn’t what anybody expected. And it didn’t take long for the predictable critics to launch the predictable criticisms. (He looks weak; he’s making the US look weak; he doesn’t know what he’s doing; he’s emboldening Assad.) But I thought the speech was excellent. And seeking Congressional authorization before attacking […]
