PostPartisan Archive: Lane

The Real Chas Freeman

Like most people opining on Chas Freeman, I don’t know the man personally. Based on what little I had read about his views of China and the Middle East, I was troubled that he might become Chairman of the...

Did Geithner Make an Honest Mistake?

Tim Geithner, the current president of the New York Fed -- and President-elect Obama’s pick to head the Treasury Department -- graduated from Dartmouth College in 1983 and took a master’s degree from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced...

A Quiz for Would-Be Appointees

I'm puzzled about something. Suppose there's an historic election at a difficult time in your country's history, and the winner decides he needs your help. The president-elect, eager to make a fast and smooth transition, calls you and says:...

The Bobby Kennedy Defense

A conservative columnist at the Hartford Courant uses strident language to make what is nevertheless an interesting argument about Sarah Palin, liberals, motherhood and sexual double standards. I'm surprised no one else thought of it before: "When did [liberals]...

McCain's Snoozer

John McCain's speech last night was easily the worst of this year's four presidential and vice presidential nomination acceptances. Some of the trouble was not his fault: Hecklers in the audience, and the crowd's efforts to shout them down,...

Sandra Day O'Palin?

Still absorbing her speech last night, I'm trying to understand how Sarah Palin could be so apparently unfazed by her current situation: She's in charge of a state government, just gave birth to a Down syndrome baby, has a...

Older Entries in This Category »

Palin Stock on the Rise, Marisa Katz , September 4, 2008

A Little Less Doubtful About Biden, Marisa Katz , August 28, 2008

Making Progress on Race, Autumn Brewington , August 26, 2008