Archive for May, 2008
For Love of the Game
If Obama wants the next generation to ascend to new academic heights, then maybe he shouldn’t fight the gamers but join them. That’s why I propose a groundbreaking series of games aimed at giving teenagers the visceral thrill of a headshot along with the satisfying rush of The Economist.
McCain’s 100 Years of Solitude
As the general election looms (finally), Democrats have their sights set on attacking John McCain. His biggest target, arguably, is his now infamous “100 years” statement.
The Year of Nomentum
A long time ago in Democratic primaries, there was this thing called momentum. It’s pretty complicated, but basically, momentum meant that if a candidate won one primary, he (we didn’t have women candidates back then) was more likely to win the next one […]
The Truth is Out There
To suggest that Kennedy was killed by a vast international conspiracy or that the 2000 Presidential election was rigged or even that the US government allowed either AIDS or 9/11 to happen is to suggest that someone somewhere — a dark cabal of industrialists and clandestine political powerbrokers maybe — are in control of the world’s fortunes.
Democrats and Fox News: Frenemies?
Last year alone was proof enough that Dems see Fox News as a fiery inferno. In March 2007, the Nevada Democratic Party backed out of an agreement they had with the network to co-sponsor a debate.
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