When Obamacare met Obama-ed, part 2
Professor Peter Wood is the anthropologist and president of the National Association of Scholars. He is also the author of the invaluable Diversity: The Invention of a Concept.
Professor Wood notes that congressional Democrats have added President Obama’s takeover of the student loan industry to the health care bill. He has therefore returned to [...]
Coping with oversubscribed classes at Dartmouth
My daughter will be graduating from Dartmouth in June (along with Scott’s daughter) and I’m aleady starting to get sentimental about it. There aren’t many bigger thrills in life for a parent than seeing a son or daughter graduate from the alma mater. This is true, I think I’ll find, even when the [...]
Where We Are and Where We Were
Along with a massive snowstorm, Friday brought a blizzard of new info on the job market. From the perspective of our work at the White House, two points stand out, one about where we are and the other about where we’ve been.
First, while there are encouraging signs regarding jobs, they are early signs and must [...]
PERSPECTIVE: Skepticism on Obama tax credit - Mineral Daily News-Tribune
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s push to create … when they would have done it anyway,” said Eugene Steuerle, a Treasury Department official in the Reagan administration who is now co-director of the Tax Policy Center, a Washington think tank …
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Quagistan
Another ultra-short post, the purpose of which is clearly (and crassly) to make readers come back several times a day, checking to see if any new pearls have been cast before them…
(Wait — I just thought that silently, right? I didn’t really say it out loud, did I? Didn’t think so. Whew!)
This [...]
Staying in Touch During the Asia Trip
Earlier today, the President left for Asia, stopping over in Alaska before heading to Tokyo, Japan.
During this trip, we’re going to try something new. To offer an inside perspective to everyone back here in the U.S., Ben Rhodes, the Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications, will provide frequent updates on the trip.
Watch his first [...]
