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What Can We Expect From Fox News Over The Next Four Years? I Watched An Insane Amount Of It To Find Out.

With precious little time remaining until the election, last week I sat down to watch as much Fox News as I reasonably could over a 24-hour period. As one might expect with Barack Obama so close to the presidency, the channel is in full nuclear ...

From ISAAC CHOTINER, The New Republic,  3 Nov 2008

Palin 1, Jefferson 0

“I did not want that to end last night…I didn’t want the night to end. I didn’t want Rudy to stop. What a night! Folks we have a future beyond November here. Regardless what happens…The convention has been unified on the basis of conservatism. Properly ...

From ISAAC CHOTINER, The New Republic,  5 Sep 2008

Rhythm

McCain did well enough handling the protesters, but the speech seems to really lack any sense of rhythm and cohesion. Crowley is right, too. You must be logged-in to comment. Not a subscriber? Click here to get a digital or print and digital ...

From ISAAC CHOTINER, The New Republic,  4 Sep 2008

Obama Going on Fox Thursday Night

There are reports out that Barack Obama will go on The O'Reilly Factor Thursday to steal some headlines from John McCain (Fox News is sure to have a huge, huge audience that night). Basically I think this is a smart move on the part of the Obama ...

From ISAAC CHOTINER, The New Republic,  2 Sep 2008

The TNR Q&A: Liberal Is A Word 'Rich People On Television Use To Divide And Conquer' And Other Life Lessons From Charles Barkley

With the political season kicking into high gear, it seemed like the right time for another chat with Sir Charles Barkley. Over the past year, he has been a vocal and active Barack Obama supporter, so we decided to talk to him about that, as well as ...

From ISAAC CHOTINER, The New Republic,  2 Sep 2008

Question of the Day: Will a One-Term Pledge Help McCain?

You must be logged-in to comment. Not a subscriber? Click here to get a digital or print and digital subscription to The New Republic! And from a point of view of efficacy, a one term pledge is disastrous. McCain would be a lame duck the day he took ...

From ISAAC CHOTINER, The New Republic,  12 Aug 2008

Why Famous Men Keep Having Affairs

Maureen Dowd's column today on the John Edwards scandal reminded me of a pet peeve I have. Dowd writes: Still, it’s bizarre the way these pols spend millions getting their faces plastered everywhere and then think they can do something in secret. “Yeah, ...

From ISAAC CHOTINER, The New Republic,  10 Aug 2008

Edwards Admits to Affair

According to ABC News, John Edwards has admitted to a long-rumored affair with Rielle Hunter, a filmmaker he met in 2006. Apparently the Edwards family also became aware of the affair that year. This is a tricky story to write about, and since no one ...

From ISAAC CHOTINER, The New Republic,  8 Aug 2008

The Clinton Soap Opera Continues

When asked by ABC News last week whether Barack Obama was ready to be president, Bill Clinton answered that, well, no one is ever really ready to be president. (As Jon Stewart helpfully reminded his audience last night, the former president, in his ...

From ISAAC CHOTINER, The New Republic,  8 Aug 2008

A School's Place in the Community

In the August/September issue of Policy Review, Stanley Fish has a long essay explaining why teachers should not strive to "fashion moral character or produce citizens of a certain temper." Instead, the goal of educators should be to "equip those same ...

From ISAAC CHOTINER, The New Republic,  3 Aug 2008

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