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Fear of a Black President

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On August 25, 2012
Ta-Nehisi Coates's essay, "Fear of a Black President," is probably the best essay on this country I've read in 2012. It's hard to even know what to excerpt here. Of many excellent passages, I'll go with this one: What we are now witnessing is not...

The 2008 Counterfactual

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On August 19, 2011
Rebecca Traister has a terrific piece about counterfactuals and the 2008 primary. Amanda has some comments as well. Traister does a good job of outlining the where there may have differences -- Obama's coatails (which were likely decisive in the Hagan and Franken Senate races)...
I heard a soundbite from UC-Irvine law dean Erwin Chemerinksy this morning about Kagan, in which he speculated that Kagan's warmth and personal charm would endear her to senators during the confirmation process. I've never met Kagan but I wouldn't be surprised if she could...

Justice for sale

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On March 5, 2010

If Rahm Emanuel is actually deciding what sort of trial KSM et. al. should get on the basis of what he calculates would be most politically convenient for the Obama.

A Real Shift?

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On October 9, 2009

Mr. Trend mounts a defense:And while you can and should argue that in many ways, Obama's policies reflect a return to Bill Clinton's, I don't think that holds in the.

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