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Mixed Views on Whether Obama’s Election Takes Edge Off Racial Politics

with Shelby Steelevia CQPolitics
Saturday, January 17, 2009

During his campaign President-elect Barack Obama suggested he would try to usher in a new political era in which race would no longer be such a sharp wedge dividing Americans...

Analysis and Commentary

The Bush Legacy

by Thomas Sowellvia Creators Syndicate
Friday, January 16, 2009

Whatever history's verdict on the Bush administration might be, it is likely to be very different from what we hear from the talking heads on television or read from the know-it-alls on editorial pages...

Analysis and Commentary

Menlo Park Doesn't Need A Bailout

by Peter M. Robinsonvia Forbes
Friday, January 16, 2009

Allow me to introduce you to Heyward Robinson, the mayor of a small city in California...

In the News

Transition Rumint: Names for the weekend

with Michael McFaulvia Foreign Policy
Friday, January 16, 2009

A brief names post, before the weekend...

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Simplify the Tax Code? Who’s Kidding Who!

by Alvin Rabushkavia Thoughtful Ideas
Friday, January 16, 2009

Treasury Secretary-designate Timothy Geithner will not be confirmed in time to take office once President-elect Obama is inaugurated...

Analysis and Commentary

Don’t Waste a Crisis

by Victor Davis Hansonvia Tribune Media Services
Thursday, January 15, 2009

Euphemism comes from the Greek word euphemia, which means “using the good word”—usually in place of the accurate bad one...

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Questions of Justice

with Jack Goldsmithvia New York Times
Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Eric Holder, President-elect Barack Obama’s nominee for attorney general, is scheduled to appear today at a confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee...

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The Challenges of Closing Guantánamo

with Matthew Waxman, Benjamin Wittesvia New York Times
Tuesday, January 13, 2009

President-elect Barack Obama, in fulfilling a campaign promise, plans to issue an executive order next Wednesday directing the closing of the Guantánamo Bay detention camp in Cuba...

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Obama's daunting challenge: A bridge to a brighter future

with Gary S. Beckervia Globe and Mail (Canada)
Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Etched into rocks along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal near Washington, D.C., are subtle reminders of the greatest economic stimulus package in U.S. history - Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal...

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Towards a Biden-Putin Commission

with Michael McFaulvia Huffington Post
Tuesday, January 13, 2009

When Senators Obama and Biden are sworn in next week, they will face immediate challenges ranging from the need to pass a new economic stimulus plan, responding to the Gaza war, implementing a new Iraq/Afghanistan policy, etc., with perhaps the most important being to lower the public's expectations for a quick turnaround...

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