Living The Grand Life (Free subscription) | yesterday
... story: The most famous story of an intellectual hypocrite getting his comeuppance is the tale of George McGovern and his inn. The senator, 1972 presidential nominee and college professor thought he could run a vast, technologically sophisticated nation with a diverse population and an entrepreneurial culture. Then, after leaving Washington, he bought an inn in Connecticut to while...
Brains and Eggs (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
... to like him much. He won his last re-election with 39 percent of the vote, which is about what George McGovern managed to scare up against Richard Nixon in 1972. ... Sure, Perry entertained us with episodes such as firing a state board of forensics experts who dared to question whether he had wrongly executed a man, or suddenly setting aside, the moment he had a viable primary...
RealClearPolitics (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
... to the need to still fight. He does not want to be Lyndon Johnson but sees no way to govern as George McGovern. Obama has concluded that the costs of pulling out outweigh the costs of pushing on. Few believe he would continue this war if he had his druthers. We know he made a hard call. Now he must explain his call. Then he must convince skeptics it's the right call. The political...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
George McGovern On this day of Thanksgiving when we pause to give thanks for the bounty on our plates, let us also pause to remember that one-sixth of all humanity is hungry. One billion people live on the edge. It is not just a moral call to action, it is a crisis that threatens world peace and affects all of us. One billion people are dependent on the rest of us and not contributing...
