Michael Takiff sat down with Chris Matthews last week for MSNBC’s Hardball to discuss the impact of Clinton’s legacy in the US and beyond. He talks at length about the Clintons’ marriage, the “Clinton-Obama Alliance” and the political future ahead, notably Hillary’s propsects for 2016. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32545640 Visit msnbc.com for breaking
Dorothy Rabinowitz’s op-ed in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal, titled “Why Obama is No Roosevelt” comes from the comparisons made to FDR that have followed President Obama since the run-up to the 2008 election. In September 2010, The National Bureau of Economic Research declared that the recession was over in June
Forty-four years ago this week, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was signed into law, marking a monumentous moment in civil rights history. Yesterday’s confirmation of Judge Sonia Sotomayor fell on the anniversary of the law’s passage, lending even greater historical resonance to a moment that President Obama celebrated as
With riots erupting in the streets of Iran, many have criticized the Obama Administration’s refusal to take a side on the issue. In light of the current crisis, there is a renewed opportunity to look at past diplomatic relations in order to develop a strategy for the future. In his
With Barack Obama’s recent pledge to get serious about balancing the budget, the New York Times‘ David Leonhardt sought out the group of people that are, he writes, “ideally suited to help Mr. Obama with this task”: behavioral economists. Citing the work of University of Chicago economist and YUP author
For political science junkies, this election season has been a two-year dream come true. There are a million studies waiting to be written on Obama’s online fundraising techniques and McCain’s maverick vice-presidential pick, but while you’re in line at the polls or watching the results come in, you can check
Last night’s debate was yet another reminder that the current economic crisis continues to weigh heavily on the American mind. And, as questions about the economy keep Obama and McCain on their toes, Yale University Press author Steve Fraser has been busy commenting on the crisis both in print and