Tag Archives: Andrew Ferguson

Cass Sunstein And The Obama Nanny State

Posted on August 5, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

There was plenty of hoopla yesterday as the news media reported the departure of Cass Sunstein from the White House Office of Information an Regulatory Affairs, which is sort of the hall monitor of Capitol Hill. From the Boston Globe: … Continue reading →

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The Making (And Faking) Of Barack Obama

Posted on June 18, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

From our Compare and Contrast in Clear Idiomatic English desk: David Maraniss’s new biography, Barack Obama: The Story, has spawned any number of stories about Obama’s story of his formative years. An excerpt from the book in the Washington Post is … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Andrew Ferguson, Barack Obama, Barack Obama: The Story, Ben Smith, Buzzfeed, David Maraniss, Dreams from My Father, Free the Ben Smith One!, Jonathan Karl, Wall Street Journal, Washington Heights, Weekly Standard | 1 Comment

Andrew Ferguson Boldly Goes Where None Of Us Want To: 21 Newt Gingrich Books

Posted on July 4, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

This Sunday’s New York Times Magazine features some public-service journalism from Weekly Standard senior editor (high keening liberal outcries here) Andrew Ferguson. To wit: What Does Newt Gingrich Know? Let’s consult the literature — all 21 books by the self-proclaimed ideas … Continue reading →

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David Mamet, As In Gamut

Posted on May 30, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Over the past several years, playwright David Mamet – widely considered a flaming (tongued) liberal – has gradually drifted rightward in his political views. (See his 2008 Village Voice piece “Why I Am No Longer a ‘Brain-Dead Liberal.’”) And conservative … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Andrew Ferguson, Brain-Dead Liberal, David Mamet, Ken Fallin, Stanford University, The Secret Knowledge, Village Voice, Wall Street Journal, Weekend Interview, Weekly Standard | 6 Comments

Cheri (Daniels), Baby!

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

No politician’s wife is hotter than Cheri Daniels. The significant other (twice) of Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels (R-The Missus) is widely considered the swing vote in whether Daniels (who makes myriad GOPniks starry-eyed) will run for president next year. So … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Andrew Ferguson, CBS News, Cheri Daniels, Mitch Daniels, MitchTV, New York Times, Weekly Standard | 3 Comments

Lies, Damned Lies And Statistics (Public Sector Compensation Edition)

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Very passionate op-ed in Wednesday’s Boston Globe by local labor union exec Mark Erlich about the public-sector-union dustup kick started in Wisconsin: Wisconsin is only the most dramatic site of a broader strategy of absolving Wall Street and scapegoating public … Continue reading →

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The New College Try

Posted on October 7, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Largely under the news media radar, there’s a total wonkybrook going on between the Obama administration and for-profit colleges. Typical news report (via the New York Times, page A15, 10/1/10): Rifts Show at Hearing on For-Profit Colleges Nut graf: [F]or-profit … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Andrew Ferguson, Coalition for Educational Success, Corinthian Colleges, Dick Durbin, for-profit colleges, Inside Higher Ed, Kaplan, Weekly Standard, wonkybrook | 1 Comment

Cass Distinction

Posted on May 15, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

From our Forewarned Is Forearmed desk: The New York Times Magazine cover story this Sunday features Cass Sunstein, director of “the White House’s little-known Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs” and a leading apostle of behavioral economics, the “libertarian paternalism” … Continue reading →

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