The American Strategist

A Blog from New America's American Strategy Program

Time to Af-Pak the Economy

  • By
  • Patrick C. Doherty
February 23, 2010
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With health care stopped, climate legislation stalled, true unemployment at record levels, Wall Street unreformed, a new round of mortgage foreclosures on the way, and murmurs of inflation in the air, President Barack Obama needs a new domestic game plan.

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Colonial Ethnography Alive and Well at Fox

  • By
  • Andrew Lebovich
February 1, 2010
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This post originally appeared at The Majlis Blog and The Washington Note.

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SOTU: Cart Before The Horse

  • By
  • Patrick C. Doherty
January 28, 2010
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For a moment last night, watching President Barack Obama’s first state of the Union address, I got excited. Here was that moment:
 
From the day I took office, I've been told that addressing our larger challenges is too ambitious; such an effort would be too contentious.  I've been told that our political system is too gridlocked, and that we should just put things on hold for a while. 
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Kurdistan in Limbo

  • By
  • Andrew Lebovich
January 7, 2010

This post appeared originally at The Washington Note.

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