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It seems every week there is a story about Michele Bachmann that leads to a battle over whether said story was sexist. Her migraines. The money she spends on makeup. A mention of her being photogenic. Bachmann’s gender is not the defining feature of her campaign, but it certainly has significance—for her, her rivals and [...]
Harvard’s Jack Goldsmith has an interesting take on the Obama administration’s crackdown on government leaks at Lawfare. Some have argued that George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and David Addington, by claiming near-limitless executive branch authority, produced an ironic backlash from the courts, which for example in the case of Osama bin Laden’s driver, Salim Hamdan, [...]
The economy added 117,000 jobs in July while the unemployment rate dipped to 9.1%. Those are modest but relieving numbers after several bad months and very low expectations. Public sector losses are still dragging the number down. “Double-dip” was being thrown around after yesterday’s global market rout. (TIME considered bringing back its scared trader gallery.) Congress’s [...]
In the wake of the debt-ceiling debate, young voters might find it hard to believe that just ten years ago, “compassionate conservative” was a mantle worn with a straight face by many GOP leaders. In fact, you could argue that George W. Bush split the independent vote with Al Gore in 2000 because of his [...]
Two days of caterwauling convinced vacationing members of Congress to end their standoff over FAA’s funding, which will put thousands of furloughed workers back on the job: Under a deal Reid made with House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), the Senate will pass the House bill that includes cuts to rural flight service to airports in [...]
I’m wary of causal leaps, but here’s Steve Gandel explaining the worldwide market plunge and why Washington’s little debt ceiling pirouette didn’t help: So far this week we have gotten economic reports that show spending by consumers and manufacturing activity have both been falling recently. Around the world overall inflation is falling as well, which [...]
—White House Press Secretary Jay Carney performing some rhetorical gymnastics on the economy. “The government together,” he said, “White House, Congress — creates policies that allow for greater job creation.”
In March 2004, one of the early investors in the New Jersey in-store advertising firm Floorgraphics sent a confidential fax to News Corp.’s Chief Financial Officer, David DeVoe. The fax contained a long list of alleged anti-competitive practices by News America Marketing, a News Corp. subsidiary and competitor of Floorgraphics. The charges included computer hacking, [...]
One of the most remarkable things to come out of Washington this week had nothing to do with debt. It was about immigration. The Obama Administration on Monday filed a legal challenge to Alabama’s new immigration law, further animating the longstanding tension between federal supremacy and states’ rights. But it is especially noteworthy, given that [...]
There are some amazing photos in this collection of fifty Obama milestones compiled by TIME’s Feifei Sun. Update: The Onion is also in fine form on this topic.
