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President Obama’s State of the Union Tuesday night threw down a gauntlet Republicans won’t be able to cast aside simply by saying “he’s dividing us”. His basic thrust was that it’s time for American to actually be America, a challenge this country must embrace if we are to think of ourselves as a world […]

100 most powerless New Yorkers   First, let me be clear. This wasn’t my idea… In The Village Voice Wednesday’s edition, Steven Thrasher has the cover story, The 100 Most Powerless New Yorkers. The piece is brilliant, and while this humble blog can’t share the entire list, a good number of the most powerless […]

The results of the Iowa Republican Caucuses are now known. So the candidates, from top to bottom, can now stop acting like they really care one way or the other about the people of that good state. I asked a Des Moines talk show host about the fact that once the caucuses are done, […]