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Steven Clemons is a Senior Fellow and Director of the American Strategy Program at the New America Foundation, where he previously served as Executive Vice President. He is also publisher of the popular political blog, http://www.TheWashingtonNote.com
Thursday, November 26, 2009 Thankful that Obama Has Helped Make Dissent and Debate Patriotic and Safe Again (2 comments)
This White House embraces differences, rivals, and debate. This is extraordinarily important, and of all things this Thanksgiving - I'm thankful that challenging the government's course and trying to put better ideas on the table are unabashedly patriotic again.
Sunday, May 10, 2009 Obama Needs to End Silence on Biggest Civil Rights Move of Our Time (1 comments)
Barack Obama has appointed a hyperactive director of faith-based initiatives, Josh DuBois, and sees little problem continuing the blurring of church and state that George W. Bush and Bill Clinton initiated in their terms. I remain very uncomfortable with evangelicals and other preachers -- many of whom have narrow and bigoted views of America's 21st century civil rights challenges.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 What Barack Obama Should Learn From Dick Cheney (3 comments)
Barack Obama, without the scowl, should pay careful attention to the way that Cheney animated hundreds of followers to move the Cheney agenda across the national security bureaucracy. And Obama should look to Vice President Cheney to understand how a pro -- even one who so damaged the interests of the nation -- managed power and purpose in government.
