PostPartisan Archive: Applebaum

Obama at Buchenwald

I do realize that President Obama was in Buchenwald yesterday to celebrate the concentration camp’s liberation by American troops in 1945. He might, however, have given more than a split second’s attention to what happened at that camp immediately...

That Nancy Reagan Crack

His first press conference! His first gaffe! President-elect Obama, asked whether he had spoken to any of his predecessors since the election said he'd talked to all of those who were alive. However, he joked, "I didn't want to...

When Politics Is Funny

I have about a zillion other things to do today -- there are books to write, errands to run, phone calls to make -- but as I can't seem to concentrate on anything else but the election. I went...

The VP Debate: The Read-Only Version

Having just had the surreal experience of watching snippets of the Biden-Palin debate on a BlackBerry while sitting in a car traveling between Nagoyo and Kyoto (don't ask), I thought it worth pointing out, belatedly, how different the vice-presidential...

The Struggle to Explain Sarah Palin

Culture Wars, Mommy Wars, Partisan Wars: Americans have been debating the phenomenon of Sarah Palin through a wide variety of prisms. Foreigners, however, are apt to see our politics through their own prisms. And naturally, the British see Class...

The Palin Pregnancy and the Party Platform

After Reuters published its story confirming the pregnancy of Sarah Palin's 17-year-old daughter, within seconds no less than five people -- in different geographical locations and with different political intent -- e-mailed me the story. Though I'm currently sitting...

Older Entries in This Category »

Lost in Translation, Marisa Katz , August 28, 2008

Did Hillary Convince Hillary?, Marisa Katz , August 27, 2008

Michelle's Speech? In Europe It Registered As a Curiosity, Marisa Katz , August 26, 2008

The Convention by Telephone, Marisa Katz , August 25, 2008