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 [...]
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Poli Psy: A Sorry Mess
Published November 9, 2005
Back in New York’s bad old days, I was mugged in the vestibule of a friend’s Lower East Side building.
Two kids, about 13 years old, stepped in behind me. One barred the door. The other covered the intercom with his back. He poked a penknife into my side. “Gimme your money.”
“I don’t have any money,” [...]