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- The Year of Speaking Conventionally - September 6, 2008
- Barack Obama's effort was numbingly typical in rhetoric, argument and policy -- the Platonic form of the Democratic stump speech -- designed to diffuse voter concerns...
- The Right Address for a Rebel - September 4, 2008
- With his fiery but forgettable speech last week, Obama was consumed by the establishment he had conquered. He chose to lead his party into battle under the white flag...
- The Transformation of Obama - August 30, 2008
- This is not to say that these themes are ineffective -- both Gore and Kerry almost became president with them. And these nominees did not possess even half of Obama's...
- Don't Underestimate the Moment - August 27, 2008
- But the right convention speech can transcend the trivia -- and Kennedy had a talent for injecting significance into a political moment. After almost 50 years, the New...
- Inspiration and Danger in Georgia - August 20, 2008
- At the same event, an assassination attempt was made against President Bush. A man threw a grenade wrapped in a handkerchief. Bush was behind a bulletproof shield, but...
- McCain Shines at Saddleback Forum - August 18, 2008
- What took place instead under Warren's precise and revealing questioning was the most important event so far of the 2008 campaign -- a performance every voter should...
- Obama's Winning, But Not By Much - August 8, 2008
- There are explanations enough for a close presidential race without recourse to race. First, while John McCain still lacks a unifying theory for his campaign, his...
- A Love That Scares Us - August 6, 2008
- "I believe God wants to give us nice things," says evangelist Joyce Meyer. "I think God wants us to be prosperous," pastor Joel Osteen assures us. "I think He...
- The Governor for Obama - August 1, 2008
- But maybe this shared background is neither extraordinary nor trivial. Both governors have succeeded in difficult ideological environments precisely because they...
- An AIDS Victory Up Close - July 30, 2008
- Then I made the worst mistake of the commentator: actually meeting the object of your scorn. I found, as usual, that disdain is easier from a distance. Though we...
- 'Mr. Wilberforce's Example' - July 25, 2008
- Now, slightly late but welcome nonetheless, William Hague -- the shadow foreign secretary of Britain's Conservative Party -- has produced a complete picture of...
- Cindy McCain and the Smell of Death - July 23, 2008
- "I never saw anyone harmed," McCain recalls, "but I saw the bodies along the roadside." Checkpoints were manned by 12- and 13-year-olds with AK-47s. "The kids were...
- Will the Environment Survive the Environmentalists? - July 18, 2008
- Once the main threat to these creatures came from hunters who lived in lonely shacks and set traps along the ocean shore. Now a threat comes from an unexpected source:...
- The Whale Oil Economy - July 16, 2008
- Stefan is a Swedish member of the crew who has sailed these waters for 24 years, after catching "polar fever" as a youth. When asked about the effects of warming he has...
- A Robot Who Offers Renewal - July 11, 2008
- Humans have long since evacuated Earth to join an endless pleasure cruise in space. A wall featuring pictures of previous ship's captains chronicles 700 years of...
- That Missing Week - July 9, 2008
- But our other demand-driven crisis -- food inflation -- is simply a curse since there is no pleasant alternative to eating. This problem has a variety of causes: the...
- Faith and Sincerity - July 4, 2008
- The Republican leadership listened to our ideas politely, as one listens to a slightly batty uncle -- then proceeded to shut down the government in 1995. The Clinton...
- The Audacity of Cynicism - July 2, 2008
- Many Democrats resisted this makeover, preferring the orange shag and avocado appliances of unreconstructed liberalism. Jesse Jackson, at one point, dismissed the DLC as...
- Obama: A False Moderate? - Washington Post - June 20, 2008
- The McCain Miracle - Washington Post - June 11, 2008
- The Gates Doctrine - Washington Post - May 21, 2008
- King's Anger and Jeremiah Wright's - Washington Post - May 16, 2008
- Destructive 'Coburn 7' Blocks AIDS Bill - Washington Post - May 14, 2008
- Sticking Points for Obama - Washington Post - May 9, 2008
- The Perils of Condescension - Washington Post - May 2, 2008
- America's Three Front War - Washington Post - April 30, 2008
- McCain's Anger Management - Washington Post - April 23, 2008
- The Politics of Bitterness - Washington Post - April 16, 2008
- Obama Not Rising To Seriousness of Iraq Challenge - WP - April 10, 2008
- Obama's Abortion Extremism - Washington Post - April 2, 2008
- Tories Who Can Teach McCain - Washington Post - March 28, 2008
- Reasons For Good Friday - Washington Post - March 21, 2008
- Obama Did Little to Address Pastor - Washington Post - March 21, 2008
- Obama's Iraq Inconsistencies - Washington Post - March 14, 2008