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February 8, 2012

The Crowd Pleaser

Mitt Romney seems to be trying to please everybody but has ended up pleasing few. Just what David Riesman would have called an other-directed man.
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Published on February 08, 2012 21:00

February 5, 2012

Flood the Zone

President Obama should return to his community-organizing roots and remember the importance of leveraging diversity to solve problems.
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Published on February 05, 2012 21:00

February 1, 2012

How to Fight the Man

The viral phenomenon of "Why I Hate Religion, but Love Jesus" and the debate that it prompted have a fogy offering advice on how to beat the fogies.
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Published on February 01, 2012 21:00

How to Fight The Man

The viral phenomenon of "Why I Hate Religion, but Love Jesus" and the debate that it prompted have a fogy offering advice on how to beat the fogies.
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Published on February 01, 2012 21:00

January 29, 2012

The Great Divorce

Charles Murray's "Coming Apart" describes the most important cultural trends today and offers a better understanding of America's increasingly two-caste society.
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Published on January 29, 2012 21:00

January 25, 2012

Hope, but Not Much Change

President Obama seems sure of himself, but where's the big agenda? It wasn't in the State of the Union address.
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Published on January 25, 2012 21:00

January 22, 2012

Free-Market Socialism

In his State of the Union address, here's hoping President Obama promotes policies that will help more people realize the American dream.
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Published on January 22, 2012 21:00

January 18, 2012

The Wealth Issue

Money didn't make Mitt Romney. A legacy of persistence and dogged determination did.
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Published on January 18, 2012 21:00

January 15, 2012

South Carolina Diarist

On a visit to South Carolina just days before the primary, getting a feel for what people on the scene are thinking about the candidates.
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Published on January 15, 2012 21:00

January 11, 2012

The C.E.O. in Politics

Does Mitt Romney's success in business tell us anything about whether he would be a successful president?
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Published on January 11, 2012 21:00

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