Tuesday, August 30 2011
Your Brain in the Voting Booth
President Obama may not be everything people’s brains deceived them into thinking he was, but he’s who he said he would be all along.
Friday, May 20 2011
Killing Osama bin Laden and David Mamet’s Special Ops Drama, ‘The Unit’
Viewing the world through a haze of vaguely remembered TV shows, tough-guy dialogue and TV jingles, the news about Osama bin Laden’s death quickly turned thoughts to The Unit, the TV series created by once-great writer David Mamet.
Monday, April 25 2011
The Government Shutdown: Only on Television
President Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid managed to negotiate a compromise with the Republicans just two hours before a shutdown would have occurred. President Obama didn't have it as easy as The West Wing's Jed Bartlet.
Tuesday, February 2 2010
Game Change by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin
To paraphrase Lewis Black, if the candidates in the 2008 election represent evolution, then by 2016 we're going to be voting for plants.
Wednesday, July 29 2009
Winning the Presidency 2008 by William J. Crotty
The details of the recent presidential election will soon fade, and you'll want to have this recap and analysis to reflect on.
Tuesday, June 16 2009
Rachel Maddow Takes on Obama Over Defense of Marriage Act (video)
US Citizens Constitutional Rights continue to be trampled. Thanks, Obama (Not!)
Kinship & Collective Fate in Heroes
Each one, teach one goes the ole African adage. This gets reflected in many unconventional ways in Heroes.
Redemption Song by Niall Stanage (Reviews) [11.May.09]
In the Obama age, Fox News finds the right stuff (PopWire) [6.May.09]
Comedians struggle to poke fun at Obama (PopWire) [1.May.09]
A peek inside America’s book bag: Titles to entice President Obama (PopWire) [29.Apr.09]
Black people doing white people doing Black people. (Mixed Media) [14.Apr.09]
Recession Sounds: Revisiting Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska (Features) [6.Apr.09]
Obama sets new standard for managing the news (PopWire) [31.Mar.09]
Hot Buttered Soul: Politics and Pop Culture Are Really One (Sound Affects) [19.Mar.09]
Meet the man behind WhiteHouse.gov (PopWire) [4.Mar.09]
“Zoom, I wish the world were truly happy”: Barack and the blues (Sound Affects) [24.Feb.09]
Down to the Crossroads by Guy Rundle (Reviews) [9.Feb.09]
‘The Breakthrough’: PBS’ Gwen Ifill takes fresh look at Obama effect (PopWire) [4.Feb.09]
Cultural ways cool to some, new to others (PopWire) [27.Jan.09]
Will the ‘Obama effect’ bring change to TV? (PopWire) [26.Jan.09]
Waiting for inauguration inspiration to kick in already (PopWire) [26.Jan.09]
Street Art’s Day in the Sun (Features) [21.Jan.09]
Is Obama’s presidency the change hip-hop needs? (PopWire) [20.Jan.09]
Frontline: Dreams of Obama (Reviews) [20.Jan.09]
Inauguration likely to be huge TV event (PopWire) [20.Jan.09]
Social network that lifted Obama’s campaign set to chronicle his inauguration (PopWire) [19.Jan.09]
Celebrities fete Obama (PopWire) [19.Jan.09]
America’s next president has become a pop-culture icon (PopWire) [19.Jan.09]
Hot ticket: Obama memorabilia sets record for inaugural bling (PopWire) [18.Jan.09]
Just try to get away from television coverage of the inauguration (PopWire) [18.Jan.09]
Obama by the … uh, books (PopWire) [18.Jan.09]
Some think Obama’s victory could change black youth culture (PopWire) [15.Jan.09]
Thinking of creating your own presidential library? New books on the 2008 election (PopWire) [14.Jan.09]
Move over, boomer presidents: A new generation takes charge (PopWire) [8.Jan.09]
HBO to air inauguration opening ceremony (PopWire) [8.Jan.09]
How will President Obama affect entertainment and the arts? (PopWire) [7.Jan.09]
Changing country sees its reflection in Obama (PopWire) [7.Jan.09]
Hollywood, race and the Age of Obama (PopWire) [26.Dec.08]
The inner Obama: Interpreting president-elect’s ‘Dreams’ (PopWire) [10.Dec.08]
Obamas will bring new style to White House, and the nation (PopWire) [26.Nov.08]
Barack Obama and family have captivated a society that celebrates distractions (PopWire) [21.Nov.08]
This time, Silicon Valley’s technology changed U.S. politics (PopWire) [19.Nov.08]
Giants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln, by John Stauffer (Reviews) [18.Nov.08]
Will Obama’s victory force hip-hop to change its tune? (PopWire) [14.Nov.08]
Will young voters who propelled Obama to the presidency remain engaged? (PopWire) [11.Nov.08]
‘Change’ election marks emergence of new American electorate (PopWire) [11.Nov.08]
How Obama’s election affects race issues in America (PopWire) [10.Nov.08]
Obama’s relationship with new Congress may be complicated, experts say (PopWire) [6.Nov.08]
Obama won, but he didn’t redraw the map (PopWire) [6.Nov.08]
Meltdown will hobble next president’s 100-day sprint (PopWire) [3.Nov.08]
Black voters remember fight against racial divides (PopWire) [3.Nov.08]
Meet the Japanese Obama: Yes, that’s pretty ridiculous and he knows it (PopWire) [3.Nov.08]
Are We the Rockstars We’ve Been Waiting For? (Features) [3.Nov.08]
What’s Barack Doing In My Burnout? (Moving Pixels) [29.Oct.08]
Comic books take on McCain, Obama, Palin (PopWire) [27.Oct.08]
McCain, Obama view world in starkly different ways (PopWire) [20.Oct.08]
