Look who’s back – eriposte: Lessons from FDR by eriposte In keeping with the urgency of the moment we face I’m going to write a bit about FDR today because, the opportunity that President Obama has, arguably resembles the opportunity that FDR had in reshaping America in a progressive direction. Moreover, just as FDR inherited […]
President Obama There was no shortage of powerful imagery on Barack Obama’s Inauguration Day, starting with the confident man who defied all political conventions — that he was too young, too inexperienced, too black or not black enough — to stand on the steps of the Capitol and take the oath of office in a […]
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I always wondered what it would have felt like to have a cross burned in my front yard by hooded men. My mother told a story of that happening at her house when she was small because my grandfather who had joined the Klan as a young man quit when he found out what it […]
As much as I share the hope that was so palpable today, my personal moment came when the helicopter took George Bush away. I had naively assumed that he would take this ride four years ago, but it didn’t work out as I planned. I never got over that election [probably never will.] At times, […]
Our economy is badly weakened, a consequence of greed and irresponsibility on the part of some, but also our collective failure to make hard choices and prepare the nation for a new age. President Obama framed the entire problem in this simple sentence. I find it reassuring that he can put it that clearly, because […]
Beyond the first African American president moniker, and in spite of challenge of the financial crisis and our two wars, even bigger than the blessed relief from the specifics of the Bush and Cheney Administration, I’m personally looking for something else from this changing of the guard. It’s hard to quite put it into words, […]
As I watched Andrew Young brought to tears in an interview on CNN just now talking about King’s assassination, I had a thought that I’ve had countless times before. I know that they put MLK Day on his birthday rather than the day of his assassination to get us to celebrate King’s Llfe rather than […]
My favorite President [Barack Obama] and my favorite New York Times Columnist Nobel Prize winning economist [Paul Krugman] seem to be having something of a tiff. There’s no need to link to the articles, just put "krugman" in "the google." They’re everywhere. Krugman’s position is clear. Take over the Banks [Nationalize], and throw in an […]