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American Exceptionalism

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On January 30, 2014
Blogging will be light for the next few days, as I'm in Montreal giving a lecture. Since I'm back in a country that abolished the death penalty because it's a liberal democracy that isn't the United States, I should note that Eric Holder has announced...
The salutary executive order on the minimum wage does indeed make this failure more glaring: White House press secretary Jay Carney’s abrupt response Monday to a question about protections for LGBT workers reflects the unusual position the White House finds itself in — and the...

We Are All White House Advisers

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On January 27, 2014
Ron Fournier  has discovered that everyone now agrees with him: For months, the White House and its allies mocked critics of Barack Obama's leadership, arguing that no president has "Green Lantern" superhero powers. Now these same people are predicting that Obama can salvage his agenda...
[Many readers will be familiar with Michael Bérubé -- distinguished scholar and author, outgoing Grand Poobah of the MLA, blogger emeritus, and no relation to the Bérubé doing a surprisingly decent job coaching the Flyers and sadly probably the best player the Flames received in...
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