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July 12, 2011
The RP's Weekly Web Gems: The Politics of Music
The Politics of Music
Incubus has a new album out. If you are a bigger fan of their soft, mellow, Morning View-esque albums, this new disc is probably right up your alley. Here is their first video[If Not Now, When?]
Beyonce's new album has been out for awhile now. It took me a while to try it out, but I really enjoy it. It's super funky and fun. The best part? Andre3000 raps on a song. The things I would do for a new Outkast album are unspeakable. [Party]
Did you like the NBC show The...
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At the Luxurious Maya Tulum Resort in Yukatan, Mexico.Monday October 17 – Saturday October 22
Spend a week in a tropical paradise to learn the profound workings...
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Kathleen Kennedy Townsend: Ask What You Can Do for Your Country? If Only!
When I saw this terrific cartoon by Tom Toles in the Washington Post (see below) a couple of weeks ago, it struck a raw nerve, not just because I live with the second worst traffic jams in the country but also because the "Ask not" quote has been fresh in my mind.
Last January was the 50th anniversary of my uncle John Kennedy's inauguration and the swearing in of my father as attorney general. I had known it would be an emotional week, full of pride in what they had accomplished and sadness...
The RP: My Top Five Favorite Pop Music Lyrics
(To those of you new to the RP Nation, we welcome you to one of our longest-standing traditions: the RP's Top 5 best-of-pop-culture-lists. Check out his previous entries…if you dare: Favorite Breakup Songs, Favorite Hoops Books, Most Jew-ish Gentiles, Favorite "Docs" who Weren't Doctors, Pretty Boys I Begrudgingly Admire, and Guilty Pleasures.)
As I venture through middle age, it's amazing some of the strange and obscure things I remember from my adolescence. Such as the middle name of my...
Michael Steele: The Old Rules No Longer Apply
Although I grew up in Washington D.C., to me Capitol Hill was a very distant place. I felt that I was living in the real world; while Capitol Hill was in some parallel universe. I just didn't understand how people up there thought. And I have to tell you the truth, as I watch our elected leadership deal with the very serious issues facing our nation's fiscal health, I still don't.
Take perhaps the most basic question of all when it comes to tax and budget policy—do deficits matter? That...
July 11, 2011
Tomorrow at The Recovering Politician
After today's focus on the debt ceiling debate, tomorrow, we look at the bigger picture — how is the American Dream surviving under our new economy paradigm, and what is the role of the individual citizen?
Tomorrow, two of our most well known contributing RPs — Michael Steele and Kathleen Kennedy Townsend (most from Maryland) — take a look at our country during this current economic downturn. Citing JFK, MLK Jr, and others, the two offer their distinctly different visions about America's...
The RP's Weekly Web Gems: The Politics of Tech
The Politics of Tech
A collaboration that includes several large ISPs has recently been announced. The plan would call for the ISPs, including Comcast, AT&T, Verizon, Time Warner, etc., to slow down, redirect, or possibly even cut off internet access for people accused of copyright infringement. [Wired]
If you have never heard of Dropbox you should know they are taking the time to do right by their users. They recently updated their TOS to be explicitly clear: your stuff belongs to you. A...
The RP: John Boehner's No Henry Clay, But I Blame the System
As part of today's theme here at The Recovering Politician, the RP himself weighs in on the debt ceiling crisis consuming Washington. Here is his column, cross-posted at The Huffington Post:
For my maiden political stump speech, I faced a daunting challenge.
I had not yet turned 30 years old, looked 22, and was desperately trying to convince a group of good-ole-boy county chairs that I was qualified to serve in the US Congress.
I decided to address the 800-pound elephant head-on: I noted that...
