washingtonpost.com - Harold Meyerson -- Washington Post Opinion Writer (washingtonpost.com)Harold Meyerson writes about politics and policy for The Washington Post's op-ed page.Landing the White Whale- April 30, 2008 The relationship between Barack Obama and the white working class is beginning to resemble that between Ahab and the white whale. In state after state (Ohio, Pennsylvania and now Indiana), Obama sets out to reel in his working-class quarry, and, in state after state, it eludes him. As Obama is still the likely nominee, many Democrats fear that come November, working-class whites will pull Obama and their party down to defeat.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/29/AR2008042902397.html?nav=r... Back to The '60s- April 24, 2008 Throughout American history, the Democratic Party has had one unhappy distinction: It has been home to more of the major fault lines dividing the United States than any other institution.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/23/AR2008042302979.html?nav=r... Enemy No. 3 in Iraq- April 17, 2008 Why is the Iraq war different from all other American wars (Passover is upon us, so I've posed the question in correct Passover-ese.)http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/16/AR2008041602902.html?nav=r... Missing: Our Trade Strategy- April 10, 2008 President Bush has sent his trade pact with Colombia to Capitol Hill, and suddenly Washington is not only ablaze with cherry blossoms but cluttered by chestnuts. Every old argument for the virtues of free trade is being recycled by the league of American editorialists, whose all-but-universal commitment to a failed policy will surely excite the wonder of future historians.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/09/AR2008040903401.html?nav=r... Bailing Out the Reaganites- April 2, 2008 Would that the Republican contest for the presidential nomination were still going on!http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/01/AR2008040102189.html?nav=r... |