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To Save the World, I Summon My Vast Army of Little Dutch Boys
Filed under: Ben Bernanke, economics, John Cassidy, John McCain, politics, Sarah Palin
Ben Bernanke's had a hard time of it today on our site, but you know, the Dow's lost a fifth of its value since he took over the Fed. I think he can take what Emdashes dishes out.
For me, the most stunning revelation of John Cassidy's article comes in the third paragraph, in which it is revealed that before the truly cataclysmic problems began in
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Remnick's "Joshua Generation": Obama's Deft Rhetoric of Race
Filed under: Barack Obama, Bunk Moreland, David Remnick, politics
Race is not the only story of Barack Obama's election, but clearly, it is one of its very important stories indeed. The election of Obama has so many levels and angles that it would take, well, an entire issue of The New Yorker even to begin to sort it all out.
But if you are of a mind to immerse yourself in the racial context of Obama's election, the racial forces that enabled Obama's election—a topic that almost always was
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A Few Words about Samantha Power
Filed under: Barack Obama, New Yorker Festival, politics, Samantha Power
A couple of days after the joy of Election Day, I suddenly thought of Samantha Power, and was cheered. You see, I was very fortunate to see Power speak about Darfur and activism at the New Yorker Festival in 2007, and her address made a tremendous impression on me, as you can see for yourself. (That post makes for interesting reading at this late date, actually.)
The thing is, in October 2007 Power was already entirely on board with the Obama campaign, a fact to which I made reference. She made light of the fervency of her
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"Gladwellian" Outlier Thesis to Apply to Gladwell? Yes/No/Maybe.
Filed under: books, Jason Zengerle, Malcolm Gladwell
Jason Zengerle has a substantial article in New York magazine on Malcolm Gladwell that's pretty much a must-read for Gladwell enthusiasts. I very much count myself among that group, and I learned plenty.
In retrospect, the appearance of Gladwell on the national stage, around 2000, when The Tipping Point first came out, had some similarities to the splash occasioned by our new president-elect, back in 2004. Like Obama, Gladwell's genius is rhetorical in nature, and The Tipping Point got as much attention for what it promised as for what it actually was, I think, and
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New Yorker Election Special an Issue to Savor
Filed under: Barack Obama, David Grann, David Remnick, George Packer, New Yorker Digital Edition, politics, Ryan Lizza
Whether you're looking at the Digital Edition or the "dead tree" edition (the very phrase seems to plead for the invention of some sort of Virtual Interweb Way of reading The New Yorker), this week's issue has a lovely cover, a Talk of the Town section crammed with items about Election Night and its aftermath, and four major features by David Remnick, Ryan Lizza, George Packer, and David Grann, about the campaign, the election, the president-elect, and what it all means. I'll be taking some time out this week to comment on this or that aspect of the issue. It's great to see The New Yorker rise to the occasion.
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