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washingtonpost.com - 5/10/2009
Sounds Great, But What Does He Really Mean?
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washingtonpost.com - 5/7/2009
U.S. to Wind Down Help for Some Banks
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Matthew Yglesias:  Obama’s Pragmatism

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Obama’s Pragmatism
Matthew Yglesias — ... Good Outlook piece by Alec MacGillis about Barack Obama’s over-invocation of “pragmatism” as a rationale for just about everything. A disposition for or against pragmatism is a way of approaching goals, but not really a substitute for explaining what those goals are. ...

Hullabaloo — ... that implies. To me, Jeffrey Rosen's conflation of diversity with mediocrity just jibes with the Village's conflation of chumminess with aptitude. Or even the conflation of pragmatism with wisdom. What matters to them are the relationships people make with them. Once you become a member in good standing you can do no wrong. And until you become one you can do no right. ...

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