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Michael Lind

Michael Lind is the editor of New American Contract at the New America Foundation in Washington, D.C., and the author of The American Way of Strategy. He has been a staff writer or senior editor at the New Yorker, Harper’s magazine, the New Republic, and the National Interest.

articles/2009/07/17/obamas-green-economy-folly/obama-lind-economy_38250_p3lpon

Obama's Midwest Blunder

The president doesn't understand how manufacturing or agriculture works. No amount of weatherproofing or education will help bring U.S. industry back, says Michael Lind.

Michael Lind

articles/2009/02/25/what-he-should-have-said/obama-speech-4_15772_p6uhdf

What He Should Have Said

Obama’s inspiring leadership needs more than vague purposes and a few better facts.

Michael Lind

articles/2009/02/17/stop-the-democratic-suicide/lind-obama-1_14500_k6ttfn

Stop the Democratic Suicide

If the Obama administration doesn’t start to deal with the populist wave headed for Washington, Republicans will tap a reservoir of resentment that could destroy his presidency.

Michael Lind

articles/2009/02/09/ready-for-prime-time/lind-barack-obama-press-conference_13503_ejrzfu

Obama Owns the Room

The president may have struck out in the opening statement of his first major press conference, but then he turned into Babe Ruth.

Michael Lind

articles/2009/01/29/the-south-rises-again/lind-south_12214_lbpeeu

The South Vs. Obama

The votes against Obama’s stimulus package came from a Southern confederacy of Republicans and conservative Democrats. Their message to America? Drop dead.

Michael Lind

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articles/2009/01/19/obamas-washington/lind-obama_11039_ecnm6e

The New Heat Center

With Wall Street and media in disarray, the new vibrant center is D.C.

Michael Lind

articles/2008/12/02/obama-the-hawk/lind-obama_urwoyw

Obama the Hawk?

Why the antiwar left is already disappointed with Obama’s foreign policy.

Michael Lind

articles/2008/11/06/obama-didnt-really-change-anything/lind-nixon_3764_prnhrf

Obama Didn't Really Change Anything

The GOP and Democratic coalitions that turned out Tuesday are the same ones we've had for 36 years.

Michael Lind

articles/2008/10/30/obamas-depressing-infomercial/lind-obama-ad_2794_cvm9qc

Obama's Depressing Infomercial

Though brilliantly produced, the "Obamercial" was too much about American victimhood and too little about American success.

Michael Lind

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