George H.W. Bush – Cannonball Read 17

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The Red and the Blue: The 1990s and the Birth of Political Tribalism by Steve Kornacki

April 10, 2019 by thewheelbarrow 3 Comments

I became aware of the author, Steve Kornacki, on election night 2016. He was the very excited NBC analyst covering the races on the “big board” all night. Steve was the guy who would zoom in on a state and recall, by district or city, where votes were likely coming or outstanding. I tried for years to deny my love of politics and my innate desire to be a full-on political junkie and I found a kindred spirit in Steve Kornacki. I started following him […]

A panegyric to the paterfamilias

January 19, 2015 by ingres77 Leave a Comment

I was too young to really follow the presidency of Ronald Reagan. I have vague memories of the Cold War, but it always felt like a distant and insubstantial thing. It wasn’t until Desert Storm that world events really started to register through the haze of childish indifference. So George H.W. Bush is indelibly connected, for good or ill, to the opening of my world and discovery of politics. While I can’t say I paid great attention to his administration, his was the first I […]

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