overcomingbias.com - 1/20/2009
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We've heard a lot of hyperbole about how Bush was the "Worst. President. Ever." and Obama's inauguration is the most exciting in a half century. So to avoid future bias, this is a good time to ask yourself: where do you set Obama's bar? That is, what does Obama have to ...
colbertnation.com - 1/13/2009
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The lack of a Bible isn't the only Godless part of Barack Obama and John Roberts' secret rendezvous. (04:08) Watch the full ...
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newyorker.com - 1/19/2009
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newyorker.com —
Cutting taxes is usually a surefire political winner.
Yet Barack Obama’s plan to include more than a...
hundred billion dollars in individual tax rebates in his stimulus package has earned him criticism from both ends of the political spectrum. ...
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James Surowiecki: The logic of Obama's rebate.
news.yahoo.com - 1/21/2009
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WASHINGTON President Barack Obama 's first public act
in office Wednesday was to institute new limits on...
lobbyists in his White House and to freeze the salaries of high-paid aides, in a nod to the country's economic turmoil. Announcing the moves ...
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Obama freezes salaries of some White House aides - ...
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Robin's Dangerous Question
EconLog: Library of Economics and Liberty —
Robin celebrates Inauguration Day with an idealistic yet cynical challenge : [W]hat does Obama have to do for you to consider him a "good" president, or even better than Bush? It is enough for you that he is (part) black and a Democrat? Or does he actually have to do something? He then sketches his expectations for "most any president today," and asks readers if they think Obama will do better or worse. Whatever you think, today's the day to go on the record! As for me, ...
Setting the Bar for Obama
Club for Growth —
Where do you set the bar for Obama in order for you to consider him a "good" president?
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