Category: Politics

some deep obama reporting.

dear new yorker, This is why I love you. This article is ridiculously long, but worth the time. It’s a deep-dive into one of the most under-reported and discussed times in Barack Obama’s life: Chicago politics. With a collection of quotes and research from a wide-spectrum of former advisors, mentors, and political colleagues, this is […]

for you, my rage is boundless.

dear media, I once was sad for you. I wondered what the impact would after you were gone. We’ve been predicting your demise for well over a decade as everyone said “new-media” was going to kill you. Once upon a time, I was terribly sad for this. I worried about who would fill the void […]

the sky is on fire.

dear world, holy crap. I look out the window as the bus drives down the 101. I look out over the Bay and while the water calmly rocks back and forth, it carries a strange orange tint. The sky is completely blanked with grey fog and likely mix of smoke since so much of Southern […]

true non-partisanship.

dear barack obama, We’re all curious who you’ll pick as your running mate. Both you and Sen McCain have big deficiencies with the electorate that need to be accounted for. I feel pretty confident that Sen McCain, will end up picking Romney. After all he’s young and has got very solid economic credentials: Both weaknesses […]

telling it like it is.

Dear Barack Obama, Unlike most politicians, if you actually tells it like its…we’re going to be cool. My official position is non-partisan and I’m working hard to not endorse any individual candidate. This position has been honed through years of painful political arguments about candidates (specifically 2004). Bickering doesn’t work. I just ended up making […]

dude, stop digging.

Via eotw. Chris Matthews freaking out aside, what a point: how many of these talking heads reference terms, events, etc that they actually have no clue about? (the background on this is Bush, overseas, seemingly calling out Obama as an appeaser.)

zakaria @ newsweek.

Fareed Zakaria has a helluva cover story for the latest Newsweek. I’m probably biased because his article overlaps massively with the book that I’ve feebly been attempting to write. The article is sensationally titled “The Post-American World”, but the substance of the article is actually decidedly optimistic. I’ve been writing since December of 2006 and […]

the (sort of) blind faith.

Politics is often a very ugly thing. I read Jeff Jarvis’ blog, Buzzmachine, because he’s a very smart and interesting guy. And I’ve enjoyed it over the past few years. Recently Jeff has been hitting Obama pretty strongly on his blog. And today, he comes out with his reasons for supporting Hillary. Disappointingly, he comes […]

more about the wire.

I’m making this entry despite my fear of posting too much about Obama. I’m not concerned about posting too much about The Wire. Because you can never post too much about The Wire (the greatest show on TV). Anyway, Obama was asked what his favorite show was. Answer? You guessed it. The Wire.