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Obama and the ghost of Walter Mondale
When Barack Obama accepts the Democratic presidential nomination in Charlotte, he would do well to heed the wisdom of Walter Mondale, one of the last Democrats to make the case that government was worth paying for, not just by the rich but by the middle-income households that rely on expensive social programs.
Chart of the day, employment-status edition
We're well outside normal territory, and that we're still seeing millions of people leave the labor force not because they want to but because they feel that there's simply no point in looking for work any more.
Will Twitter’s uncanny luck ever run out?
The uncertainty over what to make of Twitter goes well beyond recent macro events. Twitter has long defied all startup reason.
Obama makes his case amidst Reagan’s shadow
In 2008, Mr. Obama identified the force of Reagan’s leadership because he aspired to have the same impact. But the problem for him — and for American liberals in this century more broadly — is that the task they have set for themselves is both harder to do and, crucially, harder to explain.
Amazon and the tablet market’s 7 / 10 split
Amazon's new large tablet has a slightly smaller screen than the iPad's 9.7 inches. But the entry-level price is $200 less and only $100 more than the industry standard price for the new 7-inch interlopers, pioneered by Amazon. Why bother overtly taking on Apple? Because Amazon can – and almost only Amazon can.
The ‘Yes We Can’ orphans: Obama’s missing constituency
An often overlooked but much more precise way of thinking about undecided voters is to understand them as alienated and disaffected voters – people who voted for one candidate in one election but do not plan to vote for that same candidate next time.
We’re coming into financial hurricane season
The North Atlantic hurricane season runs from mid-August to October, with a strong peak in storm activity around the middle of September. A less familiar but even more destructive pattern of disturbances is the financial hurricane season, which coincides with the meteorological one almost to the day.MOST COMMENTED
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