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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
When I was first hired as an assistant professor at a small college, my contract started on the first day of classes. But, clearly, I needed to be working weeks ahead of my official (paid) first day of work. I had to order books for my classes. Read the texts. And plan my syllabi, lectures, discussions, assignments, etc. My office wasn't "my" office yet, but I was getting emails from students who had enrolled in my classes.
Certainly one should expect no less of the president-elect. Especially when the "to-do" list is so daunting and the Current Occupant has done such an abyssmal job.
It's clear that no one is looking to the Current Occupant for leadership: not the markets, not Congress, not the public (and not even the GOP).
So, while Obama isn't POTUS yet, people are looking for leadership, and he's the closest thing we've got.
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
Once seen as a lunatic fringe, reactionary anti-women groups are courting respectability
Salon headlines in your mailbox
