Commenter Kathy R writes that there are two very strong op-eds in the New York Times today, by Tom Friedman and Frank Rich. Friedman is back from a book leave–and he is excellent on something that most Americans sense, but don’t fully realize: that we are falling behind Asia and Europe in terms of research, [...]
I remember 1988 well–a dismal campaign, which Robin Toner recounts well here. But there is an essential difference between this year and that one–there are huge issues at stake this year. In 1988, Reagan was coming off a period of low poll ratings because of the Iran-Contra scandal, but he was, essentially, a popular President, [...]
During this morning’s security sweep of press corps gear, just before we boarded the Obama campaign plane in Indianapolis, the bomb-sniffing dog urinated on my laptop bag, purse and raincoat. [Insert metaphor here.]
