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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
I have a lot of respect for some of Sean Wilentz's work (his justly praised book on Jacksonian U.S. for example) but his analysis of the 2008 election has been less than impressive and sometimes a little embarassing.
Both Obama and Clinton knew the rules of this election before they announced, and had the rules been different the game would have been played differently. A winner-take-all system would have resulted in different strategies and tactics from both campaigns so it is specious to surmise that all else would have remained the same.
Doctor Wilentz is more than smart enough to know this, but his one-note Hillary-trumpeting has compromised the rigor and efficacy of his arguments.
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"
219 Democrats and one Republican join in favor of the legislation, which passed by a narrow margin
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
Salon headlines in your mailbox
