Nixonland, Then and Now Nixonland, Then and Now
"Nixonland" – that's Rick Perlstein's term for the political world where candidates win power by mobilizing people's resentments, anxieties and anger, where politic...
May 18, 2008 / Jon Wiener
McCain’s Medical Records: Why the Delay? McCain’s Medical Records: Why the Delay?
The mainstream media ask Obama why he doesn't wear a flag pin, but they aren't asking McCain why he doesn't release his medical records. McCain, who would be the oldest man ever e...
Apr 20, 2008 / Jon Wiener
Obama and the Palestinian Professors Obama and the Palestinian Professors
Ten years ago, Barack Obama went to a lecture by Edward Said, the prominent Palestinian intellectual. Should that be page one news now? The LA Times thinks so – they ran a ...
Apr 10, 2008 / Jon Wiener
Communists in the Schools: Controversy in California Communists in the Schools: Controversy in California
The California legislature is considering a bill to repeal the law, passed in the heyday of McCarthyism, that permits the firing of Communist Party members who teach in public scho...
Apr 6, 2008 / Jon Wiener
George Bush: No Gene Kelly George Bush: No Gene Kelly
When New York Times op-ed columnist Maureen Dowd wrote recently that George Bush has "turned into Gene Kelly," she set off a firestorm of protest from fans of the late da...
Mar 20, 2008 / Jon Wiener
Clinton’s Iraq Vote – Five Years Later Clinton’s Iraq Vote – Five Years Later
The fifth anniversary of the start of the Iraq war provides an appropriate moment to revisit Hillary Clinton's argument in favor of authorizing Bush's use of force, and to contrast...
Mar 17, 2008 / Jon Wiener
How the Spitzer Sex Scandal Could Help Hillary How the Spitzer Sex Scandal Could Help Hillary
A woman president is not going to be Client 9 of the Emperor's Club VIP sex service. A woman president is not going to get arrested for soliciting sex in a rest room at the Minnea...
Mar 11, 2008 / Jon Wiener
Hillary Wins; Limbaugh is Laughing Hillary Wins; Limbaugh is Laughing
Tuesday night was a good night for Rush Limbaugh. "I want Hillary to stay in this," he said on Fox News, because "I want the Democrats to lose. They're in the midst ...
Mar 5, 2008 / Jon Wiener
Obama and the Jews Obama and the Jews
Now it's official: page one of the New York Times reported on Saturday that the Jews have a problem with Obama. The Times story, by Neela Banerjee (is that a Jewish name?), did no...
Mar 3, 2008 / Jon Wiener
Samantha Power: Obama and Me Samantha Power: Obama and Me
Samantha Power is Barack Obama's senior foreign policy adviser, but when his office first called her in 2005, she thought, "who is this guy?" Her 2003 book on genocide, ...
Feb 29, 2008 / Jon Wiener