TALK / TALK
A fun, feisty, and philosophical dialogue among two leading independents as they reviewed the week's top political news.
ARCHIVES: 2006 ‐ 2010
For years, Fred Newman and Jacqueline Salit ‐‐ two leading activists and intellectuals within the independent political movement ‐‐ watched the political talk shows and discussed them over coffee. In early 2005, they began transcribing these conversations and distributing them to their friends and followers. Over the years, their "talk about the talk" developed into a popular weekly missive distributed via e‐mail to tens of thousands of readers worldwide. Making ﴾Non﴿ Sense of an Irrational World is a compilation of some of their most popular and thought provoking discussions from the last five years.
Contexts, Normalcy and The Wright Stuff.
(April 27, 2008). Congressman Artur Davis from Alabama was part of a "group debate" on the Stephanopoulos show.
The “Good, Good, Good,” the “Bad, Bad, Bad” and Jimmy Carter.
(April 13, 2008). Let's jump in on the discussion about Obama's "elitism."
Katrina (Not the Hurricane) Blows the Establishement Cool.
(April 6, 2008). There was another round on how the Democratic nomination process is wrapping up.
Beyond Boomers
(March 30, 2008) It's time to get past the old battles of the 60s, to get past the political categories and allegiances defined by the baby boomer generation. So, says Matthews...
Obama, Clinton and the “Deep Down.”
(March 23, 2008) I'd like to talk about how Barack Obama's speech on race is being talked about.
Obama, Contexts, and Bailouts.
(March 16, 2008) The Stephanopoulos panel discussed the controversy over Barack Obama's relationship to Rev. Jeremiah Wright.
The Starter Isn’t Always the Closer.
(March 9, 2008) There are a series of cul de sacs that the Democrats are driving through right now and trying to figure out how to get out of.
Sitting by the Phone.
(March 2, 2008) Let's start with what somebody called the "closing arguments" of the race on the Democratic primary side.
Keeping It Lofty.
(Feb. 17, 2008) One way of describing the situation in the Democratic primaries is that a partnership between the voters and the Obama campaign team – an A team – has evolved to blow out all expectations..