What Progressives Can Learn From the Tea Party Movement
Cutting past the hype, there are good reasons to think that the Tea Party won’t last- but that doesn’t mean there aren’t things we can learn from it.
For the sake of peace, shut up a second.
In 1953, a CIA outfit, working with MI5 and based at the US embassy in Tehran overthrew the only democratic government Iran has ever had. American and British removal of Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh ...
Stories, not Stats
The Democrats can’t afford to underestimate Palin as they did Bush. Not because of the candidate herself is anything special, but because the RNC knows how to frame the debate, and they don’t.
You’ve Been Framed!
When Richard Nixon went up on national TV following the announcement that he was under investigation for Watergate, he uttered the infamous line: “I am not a crook”. And everyone instantly, regardless of their opinion ...
It’s the Personality, Stupid.
From the Democratic debate in New Hampshire last night, it’s now clear that the contest between the candidates has effectively come down to two key characteristics which, in 2008 will matter the most to voters. ...
Backing the wrong horse
Benizir Bhutto’s assassination this week rightly sparked widespread revulsion and protests across the globe, from ordinary people and politicians alike. Love her or loathe her, the murder of a political figure by their opponents (whoever, ...
Let the Buyer Beware
On Thursday I was in London at the Trade Justice Movement’s rally outside the Embassy of Germany (who currently hold the European Unions’s rotating presidency), followed by visits to each EU embassy, in my case ...
