Generational change can be jolting. For my parents, it was listening to Pink Floyd that convinced them their enjoyment of Bach and Beethoven had been displaced. For Boomers like me, it is technology that creates the same gulf from my own kids.
I struggle with all of the fancy generational definitions consulting hucksters […]
No more Mr. Nice Governor.
Assembly Anonymous heard it over and over. “He’s too conciliatory and they’re taking advantage of it.” “They,” of course, refers to the House Republicans’ Gotcha Team.
With Gov. Tim Kaine handing over his “Nice Guy” duties to Secretary of Transportation Pierce Homer, Homer maintained remarkable and exemplary cool under a […]
Much has been made in the past of presidential candidates’ campaign theme songs, but there would be no more appropriate choice for this year’s Republican nominee, John McCain, than the Rolling Stones’ classic, “Time Is on My Side.” Political observers, including your Crystal Ball, are virtually unanimous in their assessment that the prevailing conditions this […]
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Something’s Happening Here: Protest Era Profs Shall Be Moved
MADISON, Wis. — When Michael Olneck was standing, arms linked with other protesters, singing “We Shall Not Be Moved” in front of Columbia University’s library in 1968, Sara Goldrick-Rab had not yet been born.
General Clark: Open Mouth, Insert Stars
As we slink off into the long holiday weekend, let’s see if we can tout up the lessons learned from Wesleygate.
Big Uncle Is Watching: U.S. Spy Satellites Tracking Iraqi Army
WASHINGTON — Caught off guard by recent Iraqi military operations, the United States is using spy satellites that ordinarily are trained on adversaries to monitor the movements of the American-backed Iraqi army, current and former U.S. officials say.
Did Wes Clark Malign McCain’s Military Service?
The controversy over my colleague General Wesley Clark’s comments on John McCain have generated a lot of media comment, much of it negative. I have known General Clark for many years: we served in the same Army and for the same country. He’s a patriot. So to suppose that somehow Wesley Clark would denigrate John McCain’s service to his country, while praising his bravery during the time that Senator McCain spent in an enemy prison, is absolutely ludicrous. So let’s check the facts.
The China-Gitmo Connection: U.S. Techniques Tied to Korean War Torture
WASHINGTON — The military trainers who came to Guantánamo Bay in December 2002 based an entire interrogation class on a chart showing the effects of “coercive management techniques” for possible use on prisoners, including “sleep deprivation,” “prolonged constraint,” and “exposure.”
Keep the Faith, Obama says
ZANESVILLE, Ohio — With an eye toward courting evangelical voters, Senator Barack Obama presented a plan here on Tuesday to expand on President Bush’s program of investing federal money in religious-based initiatives that are intended to fight poverty and perform community aid work.
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