by Bryan | Oct 24, 2008 | Music, People, Politics
John McCain and Sarah Palin, in the latest installment of their occasionally uncomfortable joint interview with Brian Williams, offer their definitions of “elites”:WILLIAMS: Who is a member of the elite? PALIN: Oh, I guess just people who think that...
by Bryan | Oct 17, 2008 | Politics, Television
In 1960, Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy, candidates for the U.S. presidency, spoke at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner. The foundation — named for the four-term Governor of New York and candidate for the presidency in 1928, an Irish kid from the...
by Bryan | Sep 17, 2008 | History, Politics
Okay, I guess we’re going to be a little political this fall. At least where New York history serves as a convenient backdrop.Here’s Eric Rauchway (EOTAW and UC-Davis) on McCain’s uncanny channeling of Herbert Hoover:Responding to the collapse of...
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