In offering critiques of Hillary Clinton’s speech last night, I think that Andrew Sullivan and Joshua Green are forgetting one thing: it was Hillary Clinton. Clinton is simply not the impassioned and inspiring public speaker that Obama is, why else would she have hammered Obama on this issue in the primaries?
While critiquing Clinton’s speech as [...]

She’s decided to go straight to the unity message and is hitting it hard. I think this speech has the potential to be one of the best of the convention. “A proud Barack Obama supporter” was a great line and watching the whole crowd get on its feet, with a special shot of Bill Clinton [...]

So I hear that the RNC has dubbed the Democratic convention, “a mile high and an inch deep.” Huh, not bad. Perhaps the DNC should return the favour and start calling the Republican convention, “five feet wide and six feet under.”
Just a thought…
Update: check that, check that. It should be, “seven houses wide and six [...]

It’s a heart aching day in that I find myself agreeing with Spike Lee over Chuck D. I admire what Chuck has done for the articulation of the American experience felt by those separated from the levers of power over the decades. Chuck was not just a ground breaking rapper, but is also a keen [...]

There has a been a lot of talk about how we’re currently in the middle of “silly season” with the US Presidential election as both pundits and candidates ruminate over content of little substance. At no time did that seem more true than when John McCain’s campaign started releasing what many commentators called “juvenile” attack [...]

August 24 is an important date in my life. It’s the day before my birthday, and so is always full of anticipation and excitement. This year, August 24 fell the day after my and my partner Brandy’s good friends Cam and Hollie’s wedding, which was lovely and took place at the Calgary Zoo!
Perhaps more importantly, [...]

James Poulos and David Brooks (written pre-announcement) have spot on pieces about why Obama’s choice of Biden is not just the right choice, it’s an excellent choice. I very much resonate with both, and so rather than quoting either will simply encourage you to go read both. What I will say, though, is that it [...]

It’s officially official.

It’s unofficially official.

I share John Schwenkler’s disdain for all the talk about Barack Obama and John McCain being elites/elitists. I don’t happen to think that the majority of pundits are nuanced enough to actually make the difference between the charges of being a member of the elite and being elitist, the accusations are, essentially, interchangeable in the [...]