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Political Culture: Christian Right, R.I.P.
Have right-wing evangelicals won their last battle? Maybe not, but Jon Cummings thinks it'll take them more than three days to resurrect their political fortunes
Read More »Political Culture: Peter Buffett’s Activism Through Music … And $$$$$$
Those clunky translation earpieces were nowhere to be found last Thursday night in the United Nations General Assembly, as a multinational assemblage of talent and star power filled the great hall with music and
Read More »Political Culture: Education on the Cheap
The original, furiously populist theme of this column, as I envisioned it last weekend, was “Nationalize the Banks, Now!” Well, as of Monday that was taken care of, so, moving right along … It
Read More »Political Culture: Can Obama Do Anything About Darfur?
In Rod Lurie’s first political potboiler, Deterrence, a U.S. president audaciously entered a nuclear confrontation with a newly aggressive (and surprisingly well-armed) Saddam Hussein. While hardly an original concept in 2000, the year of
Read More »Political Culture: I Have More Influence than Rush Limbaugh
It’s been a giggle this week watching Democrats paint Rush Limbaugh as the “bloated, drug-addled” head of the Republican Party, as Paul Begala put it the other day. It’s been even more of a
Read More »Political Culture: Whose Mandate Is It Anyway?
The last couple weeks have served as a brilliant, if butt-ugly, reminder that governance should be judged not on the back and forth of day-to-day events, but on outcomes. When the history of President
Read More »Political Culture: Taking a Hit (For All of Us)
Like most people I know, my favorite feature in Us Weekly is the “Stars — They’re Just Like Us!” spread. You know, Brad Pitt with his fly down, Ryan Phillippe pushing a cart at
Read More »Political Culture: Bipartisanship — What Is It Good For?
As of last night, absolutely nothin’. (Legislatively speaking, at least.) But you gotta give Barack Obama points for trying. Presidents don’t often do what Obama did on Tuesday. A week to the day after
Read More »Political Culture: Obama Ascendant
“Tomorrow is some shit, people,” Adam Yauch declared matter-of-factly Monday night, after searching for an appropriate way to close out the Beastie Boys’ fearsome inaugural-eve Rock the Vote gig in Washington. He meant it
Read More »Political Culture: Shall We Plunge the Sword In?
Sometime in the early afternoon next Tuesday – after Barack Obama takes the oath of office, and before the new President and First Lady take the traditional stroll up Pennsylvania Avenue – one of
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