Month / November 19, 2009

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  • In Defense Of Liberals

    I’m not afraid to say it. I’m a loud, proud, out of the closet liberal. There is an ever-growing stigma attached to liberals, so much so that no politician would dare use the word to describe themselves. Any idea that is “liberal” is immediately discredited in the media and often equates liberals with terms like…

  • Election '09: Mostly for the Media

    News networks obsess over elections. E-Day, Super Tuesday, Decision Day, Countdown to November, Countdown to the Primary, Countdown to February 5th, Countdown to Whatever. Why the fixation? Because elections are fun. They’re a competition. It’s CNN’s chance to act like ESPN; they get to guess and predict, they get to declare a winner and a…

  • TGIH: The WashU Political Community

    Let me be the first to say how thrilled I am about this new website, a new forum for intelligent political discourse within the university community. It marks the latest in a string of campus political programming that makes me undeniably (and uncharacteristically) optimistic. From the well-attended Campus Crossfire debate between College Democrats and Republicans…

  • The Afghan Quandry

    Throughout his campaign, Barack Obama emphasized the importance of dealing with Afghanistan and making sure that it remained stable and democratic. Voters clearly appeared to agree with Obama, electing him to the presidency and expecting him to put his plans into action. Rasmussen Report polls revealed that 69% of Americans believe that the Taliban will…