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A New Wave of Community Organizers for the Obama Era
I usually have about 20 students in the Community Organizing course I teach each year at Occidental College in Los Angeles. So far, 42 students have registered for next fall's class. I haven't all of a sudden become a more popular professor. There's clearly something happening on American ...
Obama Embarrasses Himself, and Us, Again
Obama Embarrasses Himself, and Us, Again
powerlineblog.com — I thought Barack Obama couldn't sink lower than he did in his apology tour of Europe. I... was wrong. Now it's Latin America , where Obama is attending the Summit of the Americas. While he doesn't seem to have actually bowed to anyone in Trinidad, he ... (more) Obama Embarrasses Himself, and Us, Again
Obama Needs To Stop Hiding From The Presidency
legalinsurrection.blogspot.com — Bloomberg news reports the following statement by Barack Obama in his speech at the Summit of the... Americas, after Daniel Ortega had spent an hour ripping into the U.S. (emphasis mine): “You can’t blame the U.S. for every problem in this hemisphere,” ... (more) Obama Needs To Stop Hiding From The Presidency
Obama is America's first global president, historian says
Obama is America's first global president, historian says
usatoday.com — "Obama came of age, really, after the Cold War, with the Internet being the transformative engine of... society, and he now takes his multicultural heritage and the geographical diversity of his upbringing" to the world, Brinkley said in an interview ... (more) Obama is America's first global president, historian says
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A New Wave of Community Organizers for the Obama Era
The Hollywood Liberal — A New Wave of Community Organizers for the Obama Era I usually have about 20 students in the Community Organizing course I teach each year at Occidental College in Los Angeles. So far, 42 students have registered for next fall’s class. I haven’t all of a sudden become a more… [image] The Need to Monitor and Regulate Risk At the end of his introductory essay, Liaquat Ahamed asks two questions. One is:…has the structure of the economy changed so much … that the traditional instruments of policy we thought we could rely on to jumpstart the economy will… [image] This entry was posted on Tuesday, April 14th, 2009 at 4:34 am and is filed under Main Blog (All ...

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