PostPartisan Archive: Meyerson

The Republican Rankin File

Jeannette Rankin, the remarkable suffragist, civil libertarian and pacifist who represented Montana in the House of Representatives in 1917-1919 and again in 1941-1942, was one of 50 House members who voted against the declaration of war on Germany in...

The Worst CEO

Sam Zell never really had much skin in the game. Last year, when he purchased the Tribune Company, which filed for bankruptcy today, he put up $315 million of his own money and paid the balance of the purchase...

Election Analysis From My Mother

For the 19th time in her life, Estelle Meyerson, my 94-year-old mother, voted for president yesterday. This was the first time she had to use a walker, though it is hardly an exotic contraption in the Leisure World community...

The Final Debate: Angry White Man

John of the Grimaces met Barack the Unflappable in Hempstead tonight, and the guy with the arctic cool, not surprisingly, prevailed. Now we know why Obama’s aides were goading McCain earlier this week to raise the Bill Ayres issue...

The Town Hall Debate: Old John

Well, so much for the idea that the town hall format helps John McCain. In the town halls staged by his campaign, where the crowds are composed almost entirely of his supporters, McCain has been relaxed, and has been...

The VP Debate: Sarah the Speedy

She spoke almost as fast as Joe Biden. She smiled. She responded to any question that required real-time thinking by ignoring it and dredging up a canned answer from the McCain campaign’s canned-answer pool. She resurrected the phrase “doggone...

Older Entries in This Category »

The Debate: Budget Balancing?, Marisa Katz , September 27, 2008

A Corner Office for Palin, Marisa Katz , September 11, 2008

Not 100 Years -- Just 9, Marisa Katz , September 9, 2008

Cribbing From John Edwards , Autumn Brewington , September 4, 2008

Tarnished Oldies, Marisa Katz , September 3, 2008

Dual Loyalties?, Marisa Katz , September 2, 2008

Elephants and Rockers, Marisa Katz , September 1, 2008

Gustav ex Machina, Autumn Brewington , August 31, 2008

Working-Class Heroine? , Marisa Katz , August 29, 2008

Divided in Denver?, Marisa Katz , August 28, 2008

Hillary the Happy Warrior, Marisa Katz , August 26, 2008

What to Expect From Tonight's Kennedy Catharsis, Marisa Katz , August 25, 2008