After seven months, I returned to Senjaray in Kandahar Province and found the situation much improved…even if the Pir Mohammed school remains closed. I’ve just arrived in Dubai, heading home after two weeks in Afghanistan–and I’d like to share with you some spectacular books I’ve been reading during my travels: The Age of Wonder by [...]
Moody’s Mark Zandi has done a macroeconomic analysis (subscription required) comparing a baseline scenario for 2011 with the Obama-McConnell tax compromise scenario to figure out the impact of the compromise on unemployment and the GDP. For the baseline, Zandi tried to describe a consensus approach: Bush-era tax cuts extended under $250,000, AMT patched, Estate Tax [...]
Bill and Hillary Clinton listen to a briefing about the 1996 election aboard Air Force One. Robert McNeely / William J. Clinton Presidential Library (This gallery of photos taken by presidential photographers has some great old shots.)
Two Democratic constituencies are likely to end the day disappointed: Hispanics and gays. This afternoon Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will try and move to the DREAM Act, which would grant a path to citizenship to millions of illegal children who are getting college degrees or serving in the armed forces. After that he will [...]
The last governor’s race: Democrat Mark Dayton is now Minnesota’s governor-elect. Tom Emmer conceded and called off the recount this morning. That puts the total number of governorships Republicans will control in the coming crucial redistricting year at 29 (Democrats plus independent Lincoln Chaffee will have the rest), and means outgoing governor Tim Pawlenty won’t [...]
A report from our colleague Elizabeth Dias: It’s not often that the National Association of Evangelicals and the United States Council of Catholic Bishops hold a joint press conference. But Tuesday afternoon they came together to tell Congress to ratify the New START Treaty. This united voice for New START reveals ratification’s urgency for faith [...]
President Obama makes a point during a news conference in the Brady Press Room of the White House in Washington, December 7, 2010. (REUTERS/Larry Downing) –David Leonhardt explains why the tax cuts deal is a stimulus Trojan Horse. –What it could do: Mark Zandi, chief economist for Moody’s Analytics, predicted that the package would accelerate [...]
My colleague David Von Drehle has a insightful piece about Elizabeth Edwards life and death. Read it here. During the 2004 campaign, I had an interview with John Edwards the day of the second debate between John Kerry and George W. Bush. We were flying from New Jersey to Detroit and I had 20 minutes [...]
Our colleague David Von Drehle pens a tribute to Elizabeth Edwards, who died of cancer today at 61. It’s worth a read.
(Also, what the press corps is watching in the back of the briefing room. It’s fake, of course.)
