Gorbachev's model for Obama
boston.com 12/29/2008 — The "decisive year" for which Gorbachev called two decades ago may now be here -- for our side.

Happy Birthday Abe Lincoln: Slavery, Secession and Civil War
culturekitchen.com 2/12/2009 — Feb. 12th is a big day for me. Not only is it my birthday, but it is the birthday of two of the towering figures of the 19th century, born on the same day, same year: Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln. 2009 is the 200th anniversary of their births. I want to focus on Lincoln in this article. ...

Robert Schlesinger: State of the Union Trivia
huffingtonpost.com 2/24/2009 — I had forgotten, but other new presidents have given don't-call-it-a-State-of-the-Union addresses -- Reagan, Clinton and both Bushes gave early-term speeches to Congress that were explicitly billed not as States of the Union. Of course the States of the Union speech was not always ...

Iran 2009 vs. USSR 1991 - A Study in Contrasts (and Leadership)
harrisonprice.com 6/24/2009 — USSR in 1991. There have been plenty of cries from Obama Defenders that his silence (until yesterday sort of) was the wise and prudent thing to do… as if not waiting the entire weekend to make a strong statement would have somehow caused Iran’s mullahs to blame America for their ...

Presidents’ First Speeches to Congress Focus on Parts of the State of the Union
cqpolitics.com 2/24/2009 — CQ TODAY PRINT EDITION – CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS Feb. 23, 2009 – 8:18 p.m. Presidents’ First Speeches to Congress Focus on Parts of the State of the Union By Bennett Roth, CQ Staff Lawmakers will arrive early in hopes of grabbing center-aisle seats, ...

Dan Manatt: Top 10 Ways Team Obama Should Use Web Video & MultiMedia
huffingtonpost.com 11/13/2008 — Here's the ADD version of this post - Team Obama should create/implement the following Web Video programs: (1) WhiteHouse.gov/TV; (2) Weekly Obama Webcast; (3) GovTube; (4) Video Content on Non-Governmental sites; (5) in every executive branch ...

Internationalist House of Pancakes: I.F. Stone and the KGB
reason.com 5/7/2009 — Since historians John Earl Haynes, Harvey Klehr, and Alexander Vassiliev revealed that their forthcoming volume Spies: The Rise and Fall of the KGB in America (Yale University Press) would contain archival documentation linking journalist I.F. Stone ...

Mr. Greenwald Gets a Letter… and Writes One
firedoglake.com 5/4/2009 — photo by Kzitelman Glenn Greenwald got an email this morning: Sent: Monday, May 4, 2009 9:10:55 AM GMT -02:00 Mid-Atlantic Subject: Your "Izzy" Award Mr. Greenwald: It has come to our attention that on March 31 you accepted ...

Fallen American
julescrittenden.com 1/9/2009 — Found at bloody Antietam 146 years later, by a hiker who spotted human remains by a groundhog hole. Archaeologists uncovered a young New York soldier, apparently a forgotten battlefield burial. ABC2: Archeologists are now working to find out as much ...

Campaign 2000: Promoting the National Interest - Condoleezza Rice
foreignaffairs.org 11/25/2008 — Condoleezza Rice From Foreign Affairs , January/February 2000 Summary: With no Soviet threat, America has found it exceedingly difficult to define its "national interest." Foreign policy in a Republican administration should refocus the country on key ...

Tomorrow's designated successor — First Read 1/19/2009
From NBC's John YangBecause of the gathering of top officials in one spot during the inaugural -- much like at the State of the Union -- there will be a designated successor tomorrow, a person in the line of succession who will not attend and will be ...

Embers of Mideast peace in Gaza — Christian Science Monitor | Commentary 1/19/2009
Obama might find small opportunities to build up trust. He can't afford not to.

Black Iraqis make Obama a model to follow — CNN Political Ticker 1/19/2009
Jalal Thiyab Thijeel quotes Barack Obama, saying it is time for change. BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — Their faces and darker skins make them look different. They are routinely called "slave" by the majority, whatever their profession. But Iraq's ...

Authorities mount record security effort to ensure inaugural safety — CNN Political Ticker 1/19/2009
Unprecedented security effort has been mounted around in advance of the inauguration. WASHINGTON (CNN) — From land, water and air, tens of thousands of policemen, federal agents and national guardsmen are being deployed in a unprecedented ...

Obama observes Martin Luther King Day with call to service — L.A. Times - Politics 1/19/2009
'Everybody's going to have to pitch in,' the president-elect says during a visit to a shelter for homeless and runaway teens. He also meets with wounded troops on the eve of his inauguration. >  ...