Archive for: Barack Obama

Quentin Tarantino’s Slave on the Road; or, Josiah Henson Unchained

Quentin Tarantino’s Slave on the Road; or, Josiah Henson Unchained

Moral slaves and dangerous slaves

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Can Comics Critics Be As Vapidly Ignorant as Political Pundits?: Live-Blogging the Florida Debate

Can Comics Critics Be As Vapidly Ignorant as Political Pundits?: Live-Blogging the Florida Debate

Democracy in action. Please do not vomit on the keyboard.

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Obama Is No Khrushchev

Obama Is No Khrushchev

The Soviet Union was more transparent, and more honorable, than we are.

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The Tyranny of Comforters

The Tyranny of Comforters

Michael Chabon is a writer of literary fiction, which means that in many ways, even more than a politician, he is a professional empathizer. As a matter of course, he wrote about the Tucson shooting, and specifically about Obama’s speech.

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