George W. Bush Will Not Be President in 100 Hours

I didn’t watch President George W. Bush’s valedictory speech. As it happens, I was at my gym, using one of the elliptical machines with the personal TV screens. I flipped to MSNBC, not mindful of the time, and then all of a sudden Bush was on the screen, mashed up, More…

You All Need to Stop Deriding Jimmy Carter

Surprise! Jimmy Carter writes on CNN’s website about the enduring value of promoting and protecting a world order that holds human rights to be sacred. This advice never gets old:

One-Party Government Does Not Equal ‘Extreme’

Republicans have unveiled their closing argument. Desperate to prevent a huge Democratic landslide, Republicans warn that one-party government under Democrats would surely mean liberal extremism.

Raising the specter of an “Obama, Pelosi and Reid” government, Sen. John McCain refers to the combination of Sen. Barack Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi More…

The Final Throw-Down

Have we finally reached the end?

Much has changed since Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama debated last month in Mississippi — all of it for the worse, as far as the country and the economy are concerned. Now we have one more meeting, one more moment, with the old More…

Skirting the Specifics

In the wake of the largest financial crisis since the Great Depression, Sen. John McCain and Sen. Barack Obama have scrambled to develop effective responses. Even as they take pot shots at each other, both nominees have weathered criticism from the punditocracy for not advancing specific blueprints for stabilizing Wall More…