In a recent puff piece, The New York Times reports that our President is tired. This is not the first such report. Back in May, when he treated England’s Gordon Brown so shabbily, the excuse given — according to The
by Paul A. Rahe31 Dec 2009, 5:41 AM PST0
There is on YouTube an hilarious video, drawn from C-SPAN2, of Max Baucus on the Senate floor denouncing his Republican colleagues and even more emphatically the Republican leadership for squelching attempts at what he piously describes as bipartisan healthcare reform.
by Paul A. Rahe28 Dec 2009, 6:01 AM PST0
For some time now — here, here, and here — I have been arguing what at first must have seemed counterintuitive: that a great political realignment may be in the works. Today, in The Washington Post, William M. Daley warns
by Paul A. Rahe24 Dec 2009, 11:01 AM PST0
Every once in a while one gets an insight into the sad state of higher education in the United States. Back in 2008, when my agent was attempting to market the manuscript of what recently appeared in two companion volumes
by Paul A. Rahe20 Dec 2009, 2:51 PM PST0
Pictures are, they say, worth a thousand words – and sometimes this is really so. Do you remember the photograph of Bill Clinton on the cover of Cigar Aficionado, brandishing a stogie? If you do, my bet is that you
by Paul A. Rahe16 Dec 2009, 3:32 PM PST0
Back in early May, James Carville gleefully published a book entitled 40 More Years: How the Democrats Will Rule the Next Generation. In part, an extended rant against George W. Bush and his administration, it also purported to show that
by Paul A. Rahe12 Dec 2009, 4:21 PM PST0