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April 1, 2011
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As we work out the kinks of this grand new experiment, and as other recovering politicians join the fray, I promise that the best is yet t...
The RP's Weekly Web Gems: The Politics of Wealth
The Politics of Wealth
Apple on track for its first $100 billion revenue year. Well, is there an app for that? [Forbes]
The dismal science and the teams we love: the economics of March Madness. [Yahoo News]
Preventing the President from calling you a cheap date: what it takes. [CNN Money]
A reality-show stranger than fiction: Trump proves he was born a US citizen. Any Apprentice-birthers out...
The RP's Weekly Web Gems: The Politics of the Planet
The Politics of the Planet
Since the tsunami and subsequent nuclear meltdown in Japan, people have wondered about the global impact. Want an honest, albeit pessimistic take? Read this post from Barry Riholtz's blog [The Big Picture].
Not enough bad news for you? The Physicians for Social Responsibility have issued a statement which says they are deeply concerned about the amount of radiation in food. [PSR]
Google, Kings of the Internet, have decided to use their philanthropic project...
The RP: Why March Madness Matters
An uninformed visitor to my old Kentucky home this week might conclude that they'd mistakenly walked onto the compound of a Prozac-fueled utopian cult. An odd but euphoric delirium had descended upon the hills, hollers and hamlets of the Bluegrass State. Men and women walking more upright, a bounce in their steps, a huge grin on their faces. You couldn't meet a stranger: In grocery stores and city parks and shopping malls, neighbors who months before felt nothing in common were now...
The RP's Weekly Web Gems: The Politics of Love
How many political careers might this app have saved? We'll never know, but it might save your love life—and maybe even your career! [Last Night Never Happened]
No examination of the politics of love would be complete without a glimpse into the lives of three enigmatic lovers and the worlds they ruled: [The Guardian]
An overabundance of patriotic devotion or just fulfilling a heartfelt desire? You decide! [Politics Daily]
It turns out love really can charge your nanowires: [The Daily Mail]
Poigna...
The RP: Welcome to The Recovering Politician!
Mark Twain once quipped: "Everyone talks about the weather, but no one does anything about it."
The same can be said about the turbulent storm that's been hailing down on our country's discourse. Particularly after a national tragedy — Oklahoma City, 9/11, Tucson — the hyper-partisan politicos, cable TV screaming heads and ideological flamebloggers all pledge to tamp down their rhetoric as they wax poetically about civility. And then, inevitably, they return to their partisan corners...
March 10, 2011
Coming Soon: The Recovering Politician!
LAUNCH DATE: APRIL 1, 2011
In just a few days, a new entry to the blogosphere will revolutionize the way Americans think about politics.
All right…I doth promote too much. I am a recovering politician after all.
I can promise, however, that The Recovering Politician will present a unique forum for spirited, reasoned, civil dialogue — dispatches from a few dozen folks who've actually served in the arena; and now having left, are liberated to share their experiences and critiques of the system...
February 16, 2011
February 2, 2011
Coming Soon: The Recovering Politician!
LAUNCH DATE: APRIL 1, 2011
In just a few days, a new entry to the blogosphere will revolutionize the way Americans think about politics.
All right…I doth promote too much. I am a recovering politician after all.
I can promise, however, that The Recovering Politician will present a unique forum for spirited, reasoned, civil dialogue — dispatches from folks who've actually served in the arena; and now having left, are liberated to share their experiences and critiques of the system without...
February 1, 2011
What Do We Do Now?
When Jonathan Miller told me about his idea of starting a website titled The Recovering Politician, it made me think of that famous last scene in the film The Candidate: Robert Redford's character, a charismatic underdog running for the US Senate, has squeaked out a narrow upset against an entrenched incumbent; and just before his acceptance speech, he corners his campaign manager — whose sole purpose in life is to win political campaigns — and solemnly asks, "What do we do now?" (Click on...
