America’s Infrastructure is Failing Miserably
By Jamelle Bouie - Jan 29th, 2009 at 1:23 pmFlorida has something of a problem with sinkholes, and last summer Miami had to deal with a particularly nasty one. A large sinkhole opened up…
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The Times Looking for a Slightly Less Embarrassing Conservative Voice
By Jamelle Bouie - Jan 26th, 2009 at 2:21 pmNow that Kristol is done, it’s time for idle speculation as to who will replace him as the The New York Times‘ designated conservative. In…
Obama Ends Torture, Takes Advantage of Unprecedented Executive Power
By Jamelle Bouie - Jan 26th, 2009 at 9:34 amCommenting on Barack Obama’s first week in the Oval Office, Salon’s Mike Madden noted that “with a few strokes of a pen… President Obama undid…
The Soft Bigotry of Low (Political) Expectations
By Jamelle Bouie - Jan 14th, 2009 at 12:12 pmIt’s probably not a good sign for a political party when simply being able to field credible candidates is considered “well-positioned”:
Despite the shock of…
A Long Tradition of Non-oversight
By Jamelle Bouie - Jan 13th, 2009 at 4:28 pmIt’s perfectly natural to want to place all of the blame for the country’s woes on President Bush, given that the “Decider” stumbled from one…
Jeb Bush: The “Reasonable” Republican
By Jamelle Bouie - Jan 8th, 2009 at 9:45 amStories like this one only bolster my already firm belief that Jeb Bush will run for president (via Huffington Post):
Still, the former governor said…
Obama’s Cabinet is Centrist, but the Center is Pretty Much on the Left
By Jamelle Bouie - Dec 30th, 2008 at 7:43 pmVia Nick Beaudrot is Chris Bower’s assertion that Obama’s cabinet leans to the right of congressional Democrats:
In the 110th Congress, there were 236 Democrats…
Rick Warren Makes Progressives Angry
By Jamelle Bouie - Dec 18th, 2008 at 5:30 pmSam Stein at the Huffington Post writes that various secular and religious progressive leaders are disappointed with Obama’s decision to have Rick Warren give the…
Finals Week Is Basically Just an Excuse to Post This Awesome Video
By Jamelle Bouie - Dec 18th, 2008 at 12:45 pmToday’s Inside Higher-Ed features a good article on school efforts to provide a less stressful exam environment, ranging from serving free “comfort food” to providing…
Madoff’s Astounding Ripoff
By Jamelle Bouie - Dec 15th, 2008 at 3:29 pmI don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say that Bernie Madoff (pronounced “may-doff”) is one of the most successful fraudsters of all time (via The…
A Question for Torture Advocates
By Jamelle Bouie - Dec 11th, 2008 at 5:58 pmRep. Silvestre Reyes, the reluctant torture advocate (via Tapped):
“We don’t want to be known for torturing people. At the same time we don’t want…
Richard Cizik Changes His Mind on Civil Unions and is Promptly Fired
By Jamelle Bouie - Dec 11th, 2008 at 5:51 pmOne of the more interesting developments in conservative evangelicalism is the burgeoning “Creation Care” movement. Organizations like the Evangelical Environmental Network, and to a lesser…
Welcome To Another Episode of “Willfully Ignorant Old Guys Rail Against Cultural Phenemona They Don’t Understand”
By Jamelle Bouie - Dec 8th, 2008 at 9:30 amJazz critic Stanley Crouch pens another curmudgeonly missive against hip-hop, this time making the breathtakingly idiotic argument that Barack Obama’s election will somehow “greatly diminish the…
Robert Downey Jr. on “The Avengers”
By Jamelle Bouie - Dec 4th, 2008 at 11:20 amRobert Downey, Jr. recently gave his thoughts on the upcoming Avengers movie:
MTV: You know that “The Avengers” movie is the one every comic book…
The American military as seen by an eight year old
By Jamelle Bouie - Dec 2nd, 2008 at 10:51 amVia Yglesias, I see that Bill Kristol wants to get his war on:
And while [Bush is] at it, perhaps he could tell various admirals to…
