Is it AIG’s substantial quarterly loss? Or is it more federal funds for them? Will you stop talking yet, Mr. President? Please? Will you stop rescuing us for just a moment? Please? Can you please find it in yourself to stop town-halling and backyarding and joint-addressing and web-siting and Q&Aing and YouTubing and just shut … Read more
My collegiate mentor and friend Dr. Susan Fillippeli has written an interesting post on Obama’s new “rhetoric of fear.” Since the inauguration, what has become of Obama’s message of hope? Quoting Dr. Fillippeli: It is no accident that Obama’s rhetoric has shifted significantly from one defined by hope to one defined by crisis. It has … Read more
Guess the author: “Genuine bipartisanship assumes an honest process of give-and-take, and that the quality of the compromise is measured by how well it serves some agreed-upon goal, whether better schools or lower deficits. This in turn assumes that the majority will be constrained — by an exacting press corps and ultimately an informed electorate … Read more