Archive for November, 2008
Save now, buy never
Published November 21, 2008
That’s the headline the Washington Post gave my new piece.
Really, it’s fun to shop for holiday gifts. Also nice not to (especially if you’re expecting a pink slip or foreclosure notice). The Sunday Outlook section will — I think — have some funny tips.
The big question (not addressed in this piece) looms: now [...]
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Poli Psy: Solidarity, Finally
Published November 13, 2008
As he stepped onstage in Chicago’s Grant Park on election night, Barack Obama was already transformed from candidate to president. On display was his genius, the genius of leadership: He eloquently named the terrible situation — “two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century” — then instilled the courage to [...]