Posts Tagged ‘President Obama’

A Princely how-to for Obama

Friday, February 19th, 2010

Dear President Obama,

One year into your rule, you’ve accomplished little while losing the love of much of your populace. I recommend to you my work The Prince.
Within this little book, I’ve summarized many useful rules for governing a newly acquired republic. These rules and warnings could save you significant grief in your endeavor to rule.

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In support of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

Friday, February 6th, 2009

The famous conservative sociologist Irving Kristol once wrote, “…The best use of social science is to refute false social science.” Today I will refute false social science — in particular, the claims conservatives and free market fundamentalists use to attack President Obama’s economic stimulus legislation. I will defend the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and [...]

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