On The Disrupted Sequence of Health-Care Reform
Elvin Lim looks at the health-care reform bill that passed in the House.
South Africa: Place Of The Year 2009
Oxford announces its annual “Place of the Year”!
All Politics is Not Local
Elvin Lim looks at the upcoming elections.
Afghanistan and Vietnam: On Presidents and Pitfalls
Harm de Blij looks at Afghanistan and Vietnam.
Sarah Palin Goes Rogue in New York
Elvin Lim on Sarah Palin.
Why Republicans Shouldn’t “dance”
Jennifer Fisher looks at Tom DeLay’s appearance on “Dancing with the Stars”.
How We Look At Health Care
A post about health care from author Rosemarie Garland-Thomson.
Divide and Conquer? Splitting the Roles of Chair and CEO
Chris Mallin, author of Corporate Finance, blogs about companies splitting the role of Chair and CEO.
On the Balloon Side Show,
The Infotaining Media, and Representative Democracy
Elvin Lim weighs in on Balloon-Boy.
Jennifer Burns’s Goddess of the Market
An excerpt from Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right.
Mario Savio: Freedom’s Orator
An excerpt from Freedom’s Orator: Mario Savio and the Radical Legacy of the 1960s.
A Paradox of Love: Why Some Campaign Promises Matter more than Others
Elvin Lim looks at why sometimes you need to play hard to get.
Cuba: What Everyone Needs To Know
An excerpt from Cuba: What Everyone Needs To Know.
The English Girl and the Tsunami
An excerpt from Megadisasters by Florin Diacu
A Defense of Armchair Generals
Elvin Lim looks at General Stanley McChrystal.
Three Cheers for the IRS – Really
Edward Zelinsky applauds the IRS.