To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable
The Day After
BY SUSAN ESTRICH 1994 was much worse. Much. So was 1980, but of course, that was also a presidential election. Within days, there were makeshift unemployment offices in all the congressional office buildings. Actually, to be a little Pollyanna-ish here, what’s striking is that for Democrats, it could have been so much worse. California and […]
America The Clueless
BY ALEXANDER COCKBURN The American people have spoken, but it’s impossible to decode their incoherent message. Drunk with their capture of the House of Representatives, the Republicans thunder that the verdict of ballot boxes from Maine to Hawaii is clarion-clear: The ultimate evil in America is government, specifically government as led by President Barack Obama. […]
From Geek To Geezer
BY FROMA HARROP It’s a fair generality that the young are more technologically up-to-date than the old. There comes a time when one concludes that the wizards of invention have gone far enough. There’s no point in cluttering one’s mind with new gadgets and their instructions. A 96-year-old of my acquaintance was a Navy radioman […]
The Final Days
BY SUSAN ESTRICH For half of the candidates on Tuesday’s ballot, these are the days you remember. If you win, you remember what comes next. But if you lose, you always second-guess what came before. You have years – decades, even – to Monday morning quarterback your campaign, to revisit what you should have thought, […]
Hail The American Work Ethic
BY FROMA HARROP Whenever I visit Italy, France or elsewhere in dolce vita Europe, I go: “Oooh! Aren’t these cheeses wonderful? Ahh! Look how fit and well dressed everyone is. Oh! If only America would protect its downtowns the way these Europeans preserve their ancient village centers.” But on the return, something interesting happens when […]
