Americans Don’t Approve of Anyone’s Handling of the Shutdown
Lost in coverage of polls showing Americans overwhelmingly blaming the president for the shutdown was a warning sign for Democrats.
Author: Michael Drew
Michael Drew is a Wisconsinite currently residing in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He enjoys thinking and writing about politics, history, and philosophy, listening to music and podcasts of all kinds, watching and occasionally playing sports, and playing the cello.
Charlie Savage on Obama’s evolving thinking on terrorism
A must-read interview with author and NYT reporter Charlie Savage on President Obama and terrorism, by OT alum Elias Isquith.
Opposite Day: Cops Should Be Robots
Michael Drew had an idea. He might vigorously oppose its implementation if it ever became realistic.
Freddie
Recently there was a discussion here about the value of OT co-founder Freddie deBoer’s writing,
Immigration/Executive Action/Imperial Presidency/End of the Republic Open Thread
There is a lot of really interesting commentary out there right now on Obama’s announcement of executive actions he intends to take on immigration.
Did anyone see that hockey game?
[EDIT: SPOILER WARNING: Olympic Women’s Hockey Final Result is spoiled in the URL and possibly the comments. Proceed at own risk.] [EDIT: The URL should be safe now.
The Rosin Gambit
One-time OT-er-before-it-was-OT Fredrik deBoer weighed in recently on Hanna Rosin’s defense of the title of her book in Time magazine, which New Dealer spotlighted not long ago.
Own Comment Rescue, Inflation Edition
Continuing with the recent, curious trend of deeming my comments worthy of being highlighted in posts of their own, our friend Murali sent me an email
Hat Tricks Are for Chumps
Are we all aware of what Jozy Altidore is doing in the second half of this U.S. Men’s National Team’s international friendly tonight in Bosnia-Herzegovina?
