Featured Articles — April 14, 2009

April 14, 2009 by Jonathan Movroydis | Filed Under Featured Articles 

Interesting Takes From Home And Abroad:

Barack Vs. The Banks By John B. Judis, The New Republic
One of the most important lessons of Karl Marx’s Capital is that capitalism is not a self-regulating mechanism (with which the government interferes at its own peril), but a set of government-enforced social relations that structure the production and distribution of wealth. These relationships–depicted in Economics 101 textbooks as “natural” rather than “man-made”–are largely invisible except in times of economic crisis, when they can become key factors in shaping the government’s response.

Avast, ye pirates! The U.S. has won By Roger Simon, Politico
It was a heck of a good news cycle for the White House: a new puppy meeting the first family and three pirates meeting their maker.

Let’s Get Ready To Reconcile! By Jonathan Alter, Newsweek
Sex, drugs and rock and roll. Sounds fun, except that this column is about reconciliation, obfuscation and cap-and-trade. A pity, I know, but bear with me. If we want to “put away childish things,” as President Obama urged in his Inaugural Address (quoting Saint Paul), we’re going to have to talk about some awfully wonky procedural and substantive things that grown-ups in Washington like to obsess about.

Can Obama force change in Cuba? By David Aaronovitch, Times UK
A small shift in US policy may not be enough for those struggling with tyranny, unemployment and crime in Havana.

Gorby didn’t fall, he was pushed By Grover G. Norquist, Foreign Policy
Ronald Reagan ran for president in 1976 and 1980 challenging the establishment’s views on domestic economic policy and foreign policy vis-à-vis the Soviet Empire.

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