Zora Neale Hurston Hated the New Deal
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009Even Matthew Yglesias admits it.
Archive for October, 2009
Live Blogging Obama Nobel Political Cartoons
Friday, October 9th, 2009Rob Tornoe is collecting the reaction of cartoonists worldwide to Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize. So far, it seems international cartoonists (with the exception of Thailand and Bulgaria) congratulate Obama without making a political comment, while American political cartoonists for the most part have riffed on Obama not expecting it and not deserving it, not to [...]
Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize, Just By Showing Up
Friday, October 9th, 2009Last Sunday, at Festifall in Chapel Hill, NC, I met a peace/anti-torture activist, from the NC Peace Coalition. I asked her what Obama had done for peace (of course knowing the answer, but wondering if she would be honest about it). “Nothing… but I love him anyway!” she at least honestly replied. So Obama “won” [...]