Elvin Lim compares Bush and Obama’s speaking styles. Continue reading →
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In this article, Professor Zelinsky discusses the controversy surrounding the effects of the minimum required distribution (MRD) rules after the Crash of 2008. He concludes that the MRD rules, suspended by President Bush and Congress for 2009, should be abolished permanently. Continue reading →
A look at Obama’s transition efforts. Continue reading →
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Elvin Lim reflects on the terrorists attacks in Mumbai. Continue reading →
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Elvin Lim’s weekly column looks at liberalism.SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “The Rehabilitation of Liberalism”, url: “http://blog.oup.com/2008/10/liberalism/” }); Continue reading →
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Elvin Lim reflects on what McCain is doing wrong.SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “What McCain is Doing Wrong”, url: “http://blog.oup.com/2008/10/mccain/” }); Continue reading →
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Elvin Lim takes a look at the charge that Obama doesn’t understand.SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Obama Doesn’t Understand”, url: “http://blog.oup.com/2008/09/obama-doesnt-understand/” }); Continue reading →
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Elvin Lim reflects on what our politicians have said in light of our financial crisis.SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “The Paradox of Logocracy”, url: “http://blog.oup.com/2008/09/the-paradox-of-logocracy/” }); Continue reading →
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Elvin Lim wonders about the truthfulness of our politicians. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “What Hapened to “Nothing But the Truth?””, url: “http://blog.oup.com/2008/09/truth/” }); Continue reading →
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Elvin Lim is Assistant Professor of Government at Wesleyan University and author of The Anti-intellectual Presidency, which draws on interviews with more than 40 presidential speechwriters to investigate this relentless qualitative decline, over the course of 200 years, in our presidents’ ability to communicate with the public. He also blogs at www.elvinlim.com. In the article [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Intellection and Intuition”, url: “http://blog.oup.com/2008/08/obama-2/” }); Continue reading →
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