Recent Blog Entries:
Obama's Justice Nominees Signal End of Bush Terror Tactics: News Report from McClatchy Newspapers
Deficit or Depression? Robert Kuttner on the Need for Stimulus
E.J. Dionne on *Why Senate Democrats need to reject Roland Burris*
The *Secret of Lincoln's Gifted Leadership*: A Passage from A TEAM OF RIVALS
Two Brief, Pungent Entries from Paul Krugman's Blog
What Book(s) Would You Recommend?
The Two-Sidedness of the Obama-Warren Gambit: Two Similar Takes-- Alan Wolfe and E.J. Dionne
On the Legalization — or Not — of Marijuana: Stephen J. Dubner in the New York Times
The Madoff Fraud and the Erosion of Trust in American Capitalism: Anne Applebaum in Slate.com
Nate Silver Thinks Through the Smart Republican Strategy on the Stimulus Bill
Why Gaza Matters: An Israeli's Analysis
The Return of the Princess: The Mythic Dimension of the Caroline Kennedy Story
Slow Learners: Jonathan Chait on the Post-Defeat Republicans
Lincoln's Empathic Approach: A Passage from A TEAM OF RIVALS by Doris Kearns Goodwin
The Torture Report: A NY Times Editorial
Keeping Order: The Latest on the *Broken Windows* Theory
Reading Obama's Character from How He is on the B-Ball Court: Essay by Obama's Brother-in-Law
A Christmas Present You Could Give Me that Won't Cost You a Cent
The Beauty I Find in Christmas
The Obama Inauguration Plan as Another Indicator of the Obama Way
NSB and Catching the Wind: A Communication from Jude Wilber
Ten Things Science Says Will Make You Happy
Why I Don't Agree with Those Who Oppose Caroline Kennedy's Appointment
Supreme Court Overturns Bush v. Gore: Humor Piece from the Onion
A Morning Wrapped in Ice: A Special Scene Described by April Moore (my wife)
Republicans Attacking the Republican Attackers of Obama on Blagojevich
On Obama and Goodness? My Replies to Comments on Opednews
The Enormous Bill for the Bush Presidency: A Passage from a Piece by LithiumCola on Dailykos
How Important is the Loss of Friendship?
Man Bites Dogma: Dean Baker on the Institutional Resistance to Hearing the Economic Truth
The Upside of Catastrophe: E.J. Dionne in The New Republic
Team of Heavyweights: Henry Kissinger on Obama's National Security Players
Let Obama Smoke, Says Ron Rosenbaum in Slate.com
Primitive Response: On the Comings and Goings of My Joy in These Mountains
Class Warriors: Robert Borosage on What the Senate Repulicans Have Shown Themselves to Be
Newt Gingrich Tries the Old Culture War Route: Michelle Goldberg in The New Republic
Painting A Red State Blue: A Brief and Meaningful Memoir from Jude Wilbur
Nobel Laureate Physicist and Global Warming Activist to be Energy Secretary?
Harry Reid's Letter to Governor Blagojevich: Step Down, Make No Appointment to the Senate
Obama Describes His Coming Move to Make Peace with the Muslim World
Loyalty is an Overrated Virtue in Politics: Jacob Weisberg on Slate.com
Does George W. Bush Deserve Credit for Keeping Us Safe Since 9/11?
How to Repair Our Relationship With Europe: Matthew Yglesias in The American Prospect
The Truth About the Election: Elizabeth Drew's Good Overview
Whither (Wither?) Right-Wing Talk Radio: Michael Medved in USA Today
Peasant Food: Elemental, Economical, Nutritious
Getting to 60 in the Senate is Not Just About Party: Nate Silver from FiveThirtyEight.com
Radio Show Consultation: Part II
A New Global Grand Strategy is Needed: Fareed Zakaria in Newsweek
Atrocity: How Can People, How Can a Culture, Get so Broken?
Of Ants and Men: Christine Kenneally in Slate.com
Paulson and Bernanke Spread the Wealth Around: Dean Baker Critiques the Bailout
Help Me, Please, Prepare Rightly for My Radio Show in Virginia
Gates Staying on at Defense? Here's Why Fred Kaplan, at Slate.com, Thinks It's a Great Idea
More About "Justice or Reconciliation"
A Remarkable Sign of Humanity in a City
Harvesting Thanksgiving: A Homily by Davidson Loehr
On Obama's Not Winning a Majority of the White Vote: Timothy Noah in Slate.com
Feeling Thankful: A Personal Statement
Some Thoughts of Mine on How Obama Should Proceed
Impressed with Obama's Team: Remarks from Krugman at the Times and from Fred Kaplan on Slate.com
We Found the WMD: Thomas Friedman on the Severity of this Economic Emergency
This *Transformative* Election Did NOT Change the *Big Sorting* of America
How the Obama Wave of Change Crosses the Atlantic: Will Hutton in The New Statesman (UK)
I Was Evidently Wrong about the Clinton Appointment
Should It Bother Me? (It Does)
Al Qaeda Sees Obama as a Threat: Report on Huffington Post
The Fundamental Changes Our Economic Crisis Requires: Eliot Spitzer in the Washington Post
Justice or Reconciliation: Alternative Approaches to Healing America
Obama's Jarring Use of Complete Sentences: Humor Piece by Andy Borowitz
Obama Should Tackle Climate Change, Says Al Gore
Barack, Make the Most of Your Magic Moment: Part I Blow on the Embers
A Few Goodies from Dean Baker's *Beat the Press* Round Up
Obama on His Spirituality: Transcript of a 2004 Interview
About Michelle and her Fashions: Open Letter to Michelle Obama from Josh Patner on Slate.com
Hypothesis on the Clinton Appointment
Five Areas of Foreign Policy Where Obama Has Been Dealt Some Good Cards: Fred Kaplan in Slate.com
The Big Sort: The Growing Political Segregation in America
Thank You, America: A No-Longer Cynical Young American Responds to Obama's Election
A Small but Telling Comment from Michelle Obama
CO2-wise, We're Already in the Danger Zone, New Study Reports
Health Care as Stimulus: What Dean Baker Thinks Obama Should Do at the Outset
Ariana's *Winners and Losers* of Campaign 2008
Take Away Lieberman's Gavel: Kagro on the Daily Kos
Start Big or Step-by-step: New York Times Report on Debate Over Obama's Agenda
Reversal of Fortune: Joseph E. Stiglitz on Our Profound Economic Mess
"Mutts Like Me": A Jewel in Obama's Friday Press Conference
Obama's Rhetoric: Jack Shafer Piece from Slate.com
Rural/Conservative :: Urban/Liberal
The Human Aspect: A Glimpse into the Human Relationships Part of the Emerging Obama Picture
How Conciliatory, How Progressive: How Should We Want Obama to Play It?
So What Are Your Thoughts in the Wake of the Election?
Dreams and Votes: John Cory on Truthout
Inborn Political Orientation? Interesting Research but a Big, Questionable Inferential Leap
A Question for the Group at Large: Regarding Long Lines to Vote
Something Else Funny: From Colbert Appreciating *the McCain Campaign Treating Us Like Children*
The Race Card is Still in the Deck: Andrew Delbanco on this "Fateful Election"
The Cream of the Week from Dean Baker: On the Media, and the Economy, and Economists
A McCain Victory Could Cement Unchecked Presidential Power: Garry Wills on this "Fateful Election"
About Frederick Law Olmstead: A Hero of Mine
The Text of the Endorsement of Obama by the Editors of The New Republic
McCain Threatens to Drag Down the Whole GOP Slate, says David Frum in the Washington Post
Transmitting Our Wounds into the World: How We Almost Didn't Buy This Place
How Would You Adapt to Hard Times? The Radio Show I'm Doing in Ohio on Monday Morning
The Barracuda Bites the Hand that Fed Her
An Amazing TV Interview: Biden Confronts Ridiculously Right-Wing TV Interviewer
Americans May Do Something Great or Something Terrible: Ronald Dworkin on this "Fateful Election"
The Food Issue: Michael Pollan Lays it out for the President-Elect
We Americans Cannot Talk about Our Failure: Thomas Powers on this *Fateful Election*
How Quickly the Strange Becomes Familiar: Thoughts on Our Adaptability
The Permanent (Smear) Campaign: Paul Waldman in The American Prospect
How Americans Deal in Nonsense: Remarks by Joan Didion Concerning this Election
Restoring Good Order to a Disturbed Land: Why We Create an Order of Our Own Choosing
Making "Who Could Have Known?" Unacceptable: Dean Baker on the Key to Popping Bubbles
Phony Media Balance Attacked by Dean Baker
The Son of William F. Buckley Explains Why He'll Vote for Obama
Restoring Good Order to a Disturbed Land: The All-Too Blatant Metaphor of "Dead Wood"
Christopher Hitchens Dumps on McCain/Palin and Says Vote Obama
What is at Stake in Literature: A Brief Review Essay by Leon Wieseltier
The Rationality of Panic: Steve Coll on the Genuine Uncertainty Behind the Financial Panic
Will Bin Laden Strike Again? Rany Jazayerli on FiveThirtyEight.com
David Brooks on Palin's Anti-Intellectualism and Obama's Intellect
A Sign of McCain Having a Soul Again
Moment of Truth: Paul Krugman Sounds an Urgent Alarm on the Deepening Economic Danger
Obama Finally Figures Out How to Talk about the Economy, Says John Dickerson on Slate.com
Science and the Law, and Problems of Bias: Janett Raloff in Science News
It's Over, Says Howard Wolfson
Restoring Good Order to a Disturbed Land: Erosion as a Natural Tendency
Anger vs. Steadiness in the Crisis: Joe Klein in Time Magazine
Make-Believe Maverick: Tom Dickinson in Rolling Stone
We Must Examine More Closely the U.S./Russian Relationship, Stephen F. Cohen
Restoring Good Order to a Disturbed Land: Introductory Thoughts
Memo to Joe Biden: Let Palin Talk -- Nate Silver on FiveThirtyEight.com
Wall Street's Just Deserts: Harold Meyerson in the Washington Post
McCain Is Stuck With Palin: Nate Silver on Fivethirtyeight.com
Is this Bailout Unnecessay? James K. Galbraith Thinks So
What Obama Must Do to Keep the Momentum: Drew Westen on Huffington Post
The Bailout Failed to Pass, Now What? Chadwick Matlin in Slate.com
Paul Newman: A Class Act ...Dahlia Lithwick in Slate.com
Letting Sarah Palin Answer Questions Is Very, Very Dangerous: Greg Sargent at Talking Points Memo
The Evolution this Week of Krugman's Views of this Evolving Bailout Scheme
Obama on McCain's not Being on Your Side
Some Quick Thoughts of Mine on Last Night's Debate
Difficulty Factor: Chapter 8 --the Last Chapter-- of My Book NOT SO STRAIGHT-AND-NARROW
Know-nothingism as Decried by Sam Harris in NEWSWEEK
A Citizen's Bailout Plan, from Robert Borosage on Huffington Post
Russia's Paying an Economic Price for the Georgian Invasion: Julia Ioffe in The New Republic
Barack Obama, John McCain and the Language of Race: Brent Staples in the New York Times
A Piece of Advice for Obama: A Brief Essay by Me (ABS)
The Party is Over: Pat Buchanan Piece, Followed by Schmookler Critique
Why All This Lying Really Matters: Paul Krugman in the New York Times
Critique of this Federal Bailout: Sebastian Mallaby of the Washington Post
Hard Truths About the Bailout: New York Times Editorial
What Liberals Don't Get about Why People Vote Republican: Jonathan Haidt on Edge.org
"Enough Is Enough!": Paul Slansky Says This Should be Obama's Mantra
The Politics of Contempt: Paul Waldman on the Emotional Energy of the Palin-Loving Republican Base
How Sound Are the Fundamentals of Our Economy? Daniel Gross in Slate.com
Winning Vs. Building: An Extremely Insightful Statement by David Spangler
I Commend to You this Archived Radio Broadcast
How To Debate a Girl, and Win: Dahlia Lithwick's Advice to Joe Biden
The "One of Us" Phenomenon and the Palin Bounce
Where Is Russia Heading? A Handful of Experts Offer Their Assessments
Turns Out the Radio Show is Tomorrow (Tuesday)
What Does McCain's Recent Success Say about America's Moral Condition? Nothing Good
You Can Hear My Radio Show Tomorrow Morning Live on the Web
Gay Sex Trumps Corruption on Senate Sin List: Margaret Carlson on Bloomberg.com
The Value of Daydreaming: Jonah Lehrer in Boston.com
Lakoff's Latest Advice to the Obama Campaign
The Brain-Dead Media Cannot Hear Obama's Message: Eric Alterman in The Nation
Other Voices Expressing the Same Agonized Frustration with Obama's Dispassion
The Overprotection of Children: A Piece from the U.K.
Combatting Republican Propaganda Is Core to Addressing ALL Our Problems
A Statement from Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.: From an Interview on Democracy Now Radio
Obama's Restraint is Deliberate: Observations Regarding Olbermann's Interview of Barack Obama
Russia Calls NATO’s Bluff: William Pfaff on Truthdig.com
Contrasting the Two Conventions: Mark Schmitt in The American Prospect
Russian Blunder, Not Russian Triumph: The Georgian Conflict as Interpreted by Fareed Zakaria
Polls Suggest Few Clinton Supporters Will Be Won Over by Palin's Being on the GOP Ticket
How the Republicans Win: Essay by Robert Parry on Smears, Dirty Tricks and October Surprises
HAUNTED: A Narrative that Raises Questions about the Nature of Meaning and Value
Meet Jane Doe: Harold Myerson on Palin and her Convention Speech
Illegal Mad Cow Testing: Where are the Free Marketers? (Small, Juicy Tidbit from Dean Baker)
Want to Protest this Muzzling and Intimidation of the Press? Here's a Way
Joe Klein's No-Nonsense Piece on McCain's Post-Palin Rage Against the Press
What The Palin Pick Means For Evangelicals: Alan Wolfe in The New Republic
John, Don’t Go: Paul Krugman on the Political Meanings of this Hurricane
Is This Why Americans Are So Prone to Fear? (Schmookler writes again)
The Traffic Guru: Fascinating Essay from the Wilson Quarterly
McCain's Hail Mary Pass: William Greider on McCain's Veep Pick
The Oprah-fication of Michelle Obama: From the Editorial Board of the New York Times
The Troubled Tourist: Gershom Gorenberg on the Ubiquity of Narrow-Minded Nationalisms
Drew Westen on *What Obama Needs to Do in Denver*
Why McCain's Wealth Matters: Jared Bernstein on Huffington Post
What Obama Needs to Do Now: Frank Rich in the New York Times
Who started Cold War II? Piece by Pat Buchanan
As If: Chapter 7 of My Book NOT SO STRAIGHT-AND-NARROW
It's Not About the Medals: Paul Waldman on the Olympics and What's Special About America
Obama's Extraordinary Party-Building: Piece from the American Prospect
The Challenge of Affluence: A Root of Our Moral Crisis
Overhyping Georgia: Matthew Yglesias in The American Prospect
Obama Needs to Play Offsense on the Economy: Nate Silver in the New Republic
The Great Illusion: Krugman on What the Georgian Conflict May Portend About Globalization
Dean Baker Skewers the Wash Post for Special Pleading for Rich Financiers
Russian Aggression and the Bushite American Precedent: Juan Cole in Salon.com
Corrupting Habit: Morris and Altschuler on Why the Media Cover Politics as They Do
McCain's Policy Apathy: Josh Patashnik in The New Republic
Mikhail Gorbachev Says Russia Had No Choice
A Slow-Mo Meltdown: Paul Krugman on our Economic Woes
The Bush administration's feckless response to the Russian invasion: Fred Kaplan in Slate.com
An Antidote Obama Should Use: Drew Westen on Huffington Post
World Inaction: Anne Applebaum on the Outbreak of the Russian-Georgian War
Shall We Be As Gods? Chapter 6 of My Book NOT SO STRAIGHT-AND-NARROW
Study Shows Networks Harder on Obama than on McCain
What the Democrats Should Do on Foreign Policy: Another Passage from Samantha Powers
By Their Fruits: A Commentary Delivered on Public Radio at the Beginning of 2005
Low Road Express: NY Times Editorial on McCain's Disreputable Rovian Campaign Tactics
The Wave of "Capitol Crimes" Continues: Moyers and Winship on Truthout
Running While Black: Bob Herbert in the New York Times
It's Been a Good Couple of Weeks for Evil in America
McCain's Attack Campaign: Paul Harrison in The Observer
Trying to Save the Planet: Paul Krugman Worries about the Politics of Energy and the Environment
Playing With the Devil: Chapter 5 of My Book, NOT SO STRAIGHT-AND-NARROW
Obama as Foreign Policy Realist: By Fareed Zakaria in NEWSWEEK
Will They Now Succeed in Swiftboating Obama?
Obama-McCain Matchup: Blowout Or Trench Warfare? Thomas B. Edsall on Huffington Post
The Denunciations of the Prophets of Old Fit Our Times as Well: A Passage from the Book of Amos
Is China the Next Dominant Superpower: John Pomfret Expresses His Doubts
Brzezinski's Skepticism Regarding the Efficacy of More Troops to Solve the Problem in Afghanistan
Pope Benedict Warns Of The *Spiritual Desert* Spreading Throughout The World
SEEING THINGS WHOLE: Priming and Our Extreme Susceptibility to Influence
The Wind Up, and Here's the Pitch
Transforming America's Energy Future: A Speech by Al Gore
Bye Bye Bush: Europe's Parting Feelings as Reported in THE WEEK
The Sweetness of Prophetic Speech: From the Striking Image in Ezekiel
Ariana's Excellent Advice to Barack
Torture and the Rule of Law: Greenwald's Thoughts Prompted by the New Book THE DARK SIDE
McCain, Foot in Mouth: A Telling Snippet from Daily Kos
Hollywood's Hero Deficit: James Bowman in the American
Brother's Keeper: Chapter 4 of Not So Straight*and*Narrow
The Promise and Peril of the Obama World Tour: John Dickerson on Slate.com
Staying with the Shakiness: More About Seeking Peace of Mind Amidst Insecurity
Impeachment Hearings: A Win Is a Win-- Dave Lindorff on Common Dreams
Corporate Media Collude with Democracy's Demise: Speech by Bill Moyers
The motivation for blocking investigations into Bush lawbreaking: Greenwald Provides Illumination
The Prophetic in Today's America: An Exchange Between David R. and Me
The New Yorker's Satirical Obama Cover: Jack Shafer, on Slate.com, Writes a Most Obtuse Piece
Tabula Un-Rasa: David Spangler Writes on *The Projection of Barack Obama*
The Unitary Executive Congress: David Bromwich Bewails the Congressional Cave-In on FISA
By Their Fruits: Chapter 3 of My Book NOT SO STRAIGHT*AND*NARROW
The Prophetic Voice: A Passage from Jeremiah
Time for a Grand Inquest into Bush's High Crimes: Robert Borosage on Huffington Post
Unequal America: Article from Harvard Magazine About Growing Rich/Poor Income Gap
Reaganism and the Energy Crisis: Article by Richard Cohen
SEEING THINGS WHOLE: The Individual in Isolation is "a Convenient Fiction"
Waxman Threatens Mukasey With Contempt Over Cheney*s FBI Interview on CIA Leak Probe
The Contrasting Gambling Styles of McCain and Obama: Article from Time Magazine
How Obama can Lessen the Intensity of the Opposition: Jeff Greenfield in Slate.com
The Mind and the Obama Magic: George Lakoff's Analysis and Recommendation
Seeking Peace of Mind Amidst Insecurity: Reflections on a Spiritual Challenge
Anxious in America: Tom Friedman on America on the Economic Skids
Jim Wallis on Obama's Faith-Based Proposals
What Makes Something Good: Chapter 2 of Not So Straight-and-Narrow
Chief Justice Roberts, the 2008 Election, and the Future of Law in America: Jeffrey Rosen Article
Is the Press Stupid or What? Probably What. The Handling of Wes Clark's Remark about McCain
Does the Housing Bubble Have to Pop?: A Debate Between Dean Baker and Robert Kutner
Don't Worry About Obama's Brand For God's Sake!: Thomas de Zengotita on Huffington Post
SEEING THINGS WHOLE: Holiness in the Book of Leviticus
The Republicans and the Terrorism Card: Frank Rich on this Charlie Black Affair
Which Catch Phrases Should be *Thrown Under the Bus"? Ron Rosenbaum on Slate.com
Is It Smart Politics: A Question about Obama's Recent Policy Moves
America's Scary Non-Voters: Survey Finds Rise of Alarming Values among the Politically Uninvolved
Three Pieces on the Obama "Pragmatism"-or-"Betrayal"
The Cult of Che: Paul Berman on Our Warped Ideas of Glory
America's Next Chapter: Gary Hart in the New York Times
SEEING THINGS WHOLE: On Putting Neighbor Back into Neighborhood
More Phony Myths: Maureen Dowd on Rove on Obama
Life Is Good, So Why Do We Feel So Bad? A Really Bonehead Op/Ed from the Wall Street Journal
In Defense of (Some) Pornography
The Shadow Platform: Robert C. Koehler Decipihers the Dark Republican Attacks on Obama
SEEING THINGS WHOLE: On the Chemistry of Love and Attachment
What the Bushites Want in Iraq: Article by Pepe Escobar
Teaching People Financial Irresponsibility: David Brooks in the New York Times
Greenwald Denounces Obama's FISA Cave-in: I Agree, I Don't Like It, and I Don't Get It
How People Protect Their Most Cherished Beliefs: A Biblical Case in Point
What's the Oil/Environment Trade-Off: Dean Baker Presents Some Numbers
Leahy Announces Opposition to House FISA Bill
This is a Moment of Truth in America: Say Yes to What Obama Represents
Greenwald Mounts Campaign Targeting Enablers of Telecom Immunity
Biden as Possible Veep Choice: E.J. Dionne in The American Prospect
How Obama Can Fight On National Security: Seth Colter Walls on Huffington Post
Hanging by a Thread: Scott Lemieux on the Fragile Victory Last Week in the Supreme Court
America’s Dangerous Imbalance of Power
Frank Rich on Obama vs. McCain
SEEING THINGS WHOLE: The Butterfly Effect and the Limits of Human Knowledge
Polarizing on Global Warming along Party Lines
The End of the End of History: Robert Kagan on the Return of a World of Ideological Conflict
Opinion Around the World on the U.S. and Its Presidential Candidates
Dan Rather Blasts Today's Corporate News Organizations
Obama Shows His Punch: Borosage on the Candidates' Sparring over the Economy
An Exchange with a Member of My Virginia Radio Audience
Why We Need Another Recount: Piece by Mark Crispin Miller
A Glimpse into Wes Clark, Potential Obama Running-Mate
Network News Anchors Praise the Job They Did in the Run-up to the War: Greenwald Piece
Who Should Be the VEEP Pick? (I'm Thinking about Chris Dodd)
A Gift to the G.O.P.: Bob Herbert in the New York Times
Obama Should Challenge McCain to a "National Security Match-Up"
A Way to Respond to Political Emails: A Worthwhile Contribution from Jim Oberg
SEEING THINGS WHOLE: On the Pristine Forest of Biolowieza Puszcza
Karl Rove and the Siegelman Case: A NYTimes Editorial
Schmookler on the Market System: Here in a Nutshell
What Voters Saw Tuesday Night: Drew Weston on Huffington Post
The Truth About the War: New York Times Editorial
Lieberman, Speaking of the *Democrat Party" Reveals Himself: Piece by Kos
Two Commentaries on Hillary and Her Latest Moves
*I'm Not Bush's Third Term*: On McCain's Primetime Tuesday Speech
The Hillary Matter: It Is All Part of the Same Spititual Struggle in America Today