The meaning of decline
Gideon Rachman, the Financial Times columnist, is visiting my hometown, College Station. While he's there, he's thinking long and ha...
"Conservative economics" goes the way of the giant ground sloth
Krugman points out something about conservative economic policy recommendations. What do you when the economy is good? Cut taxes. When the ...
Look upon my works, ye mighty, and despair
Here's more evidence that weak regulation played a huge role in the financial collapse. And that won't be the last such article. Bu...
The era of conservative dominance?
A lot of people call 1968-2006 the " era of conservative dominance " in American politics. But was it? Just looking at presidentia...
The blue waxes
Who won the bloody war?
Diversity
Hiatus
Noahpinion has been out for a few days,and will be out for a few more. In the meantime, please read: How the Republican Party became the &q...
How the West was lost (by the Republicans)
Whose fault was the financial crisis?
I've always maintained that China, which lent the U.S. a ton of money way too cheaply, was a big culprit in the mega debt crisis that ju...
The Scary New World
The Economist sounds a note of caution about Barack Obama's foreign policy. I think it's right to do so. Obama's foreign policy...
Read Fareed
Fareed Zakaria is a decent columnist, sometimes a little behind the curve, but good at summing up the big trends in ideas and politics. Whic...
End of an era
As of Inauguration Day, 2009, Barack Obama will arguably be the most powerful human being on the planet (though you could make a case for Hu...
Liberalism is Teh Awesome
John Judis notes that Americans are turning liberal : If you compare Americans' attitudes from the 1970s and '80s with attitudes tod...
Conservatives have to be conservative again
More Roosevelt
American-Americans?
No fear
And then, there it was.
I remember that moment in the year 2000 when CNN took back its call of Florida for Al Gore. I felt like we were entering some kind of nation...
America is a liberal nation
On the eve of the election of the most liberal president in half a century, political writers continue to insist that America is a center-ri...
Noahpinion on hold
Due to my health problems, I won't be posting for a while... I hope Obama wins tomorrow.
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The entire world wants Barack Obama to win. Every major newspaper has endorsed him. He's easily ahead in the national polls. The weight ...
