Category Archives: obama

This is Not OK

Posted on July 14, 2009 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

I saw this late-night on an infomercial. Apparently, it was pulled from stores back in April after a bit of controversy. Now they must figure that the kind of people watching a midnight re-run of Monk won’t be as politically … Continue reading →

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Clinton on Johnson is Really about Rhetoric

Posted on April 16, 2009 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Stephen Johnson has a neat post today on Bill Clinton’s reaction to The Invention of Air. I haven’t had a chance to read this one yet, but I am looking forward to it this summer. Anyways, in his praise for … Continue reading →

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Sometimes the “Rhetoric of Change” Really Means Change

Posted on March 1, 2008 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

I wanted to share Norm Scheiber’s article “The Audacity of Data” on Obama’s economic theory. It seems that Obama strays from traditional political philosophy in favor of something which Scheiber labels as “non-ideological” but which I might refer to as … Continue reading →

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