Tag Archives: Barack Obama

His Own Standard: Why We on the Left Must Hold Obama Accountable

Posted on May 22, 2013 by

Since September, the Obama administration has been under fire from a Republican weapon that seems to reload with aggravating perpetuity. Weathering attacks on the specific responses to the tragedy of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and UN Ambassador Susan … Continue reading →

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The Anti-Congress: Why Chris Christie Is the Most Electable Man in Politics

Posted on February 5, 2013 by

Written for the Huffington Post: The President steps away from the podium, Beyonce belts out a few bars (or does she?), and then – without delay – comes the question: Who’s next? Somewhere in Trenton, a large man with a short … Continue reading →

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Barack Obama is Not Anti-Israel

Posted on October 19, 2012 by

Written for the Emory Wheel: I hear the conversation everywhere. Well, I suppose it isn’t so much a conversation as it is a statement. My Jewish friends say it all the time: “I’m voting for Romney because Obama doesn’t support Israel.” … Continue reading →

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Four Thoughts on the First Presidential Debate

Posted on October 8, 2012 by

Written for the Emory Wheel: Though they shared a stage at the University of Denver on Wednesday evening, Mitt Romney and Barack Obama seemed in different worlds. Their tones presented an eerie, almost disconcerting dichotomy: Where Romney contested, Obama conversed; … Continue reading →

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Fluorescent Traffic Signals – Why the GOP Needs to Read More Shakespeare

Posted on February 2, 2012 by

We seem to be a country continually prone to missing the signs. We’ve heard the story of the drowning man who refused the aid of three rescue boats, confident that God would save him; the novice batter who had just … Continue reading →

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To Criticize, To Clarify – The Simultaneity of Hitchens’ Death and the War’s End

Posted on December 19, 2011 by

Last Thursday night, as I was studying at my desk for a few final midterms, my dad cracked open my bedroom door and told me to check the news: Christopher Hitchens had died. When I woke up on Sunday morning, … Continue reading →

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A Fine Distinction – Obama’s Conversation With Sarkozy

Posted on November 8, 2011 by

Several newswires reported today that President Obama did not come to the defense of Israel’s head of state in a private conversation with French Prime Minister Nicolas Sarkozy last Thursday. During a break between meetings at the G20 summit in … Continue reading →

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The Politics of Empathy – How Obama Can Pass the American Jobs Act

Posted on November 7, 2011 by

The unsettling sounds of NPR hummed through the car on my drive to school this morning. “…poverty in the United States…at a new high…sixteen percent of Americans are impoverished…” Almost two months have passed since President Obama proposed the American … Continue reading →

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Flake in Chief – Why Rick Perry’s “Executive Experience” is a Relative Term

Posted on September 16, 2011 by

As featured on the Huffington Post: Questionable executions and Ponzi scheme conjectures aside, Rick Perry and his proponents have hammered one talking point a little harder than most others: the candidate’s executive experience. Conservative advocacy group “One Term President” – … Continue reading →

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Leaving God at the Door – Why Michele Bachmann Needs to Reaffirm Kennedy’s Promise

Posted on September 4, 2011 by

As featured on the Huffington Post: With Elai Shine First, she said it was a joke. Now, she’s saying it was a metaphor. One thing is clear: Michele Bachmann thinks that hurricanes happen because of welfare. Last week, shortly after … Continue reading →

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