< Back to front page Text size +

Obama's speech: some uncanny echoes

Posted by Christopher Shea  January 22, 2009 12:36 PM
  • Facebook
  • E-mail
  • E-mail this article

    Invalid E-mail address
    Invalid E-mail address

    Sending your article

    Your article has been sent.

E-mail this article

Invalid email address
Invalid email address

Sending your article

Your article has been sent.

The young neocon journalist James Kirchik and the middle-aged anti-neocon humorist John Stewart agree on one thing: The parts of President Obama's inaugural address in which he discussed terrorism and Muslim extremists had a familiar ring to them. They were -- how to put this? -- rather Bush-like. (Both clips are quite short.)



  • Facebook
  • E-mail
  • E-mail this article

    Invalid E-mail address
    Invalid E-mail address

    Sending your article

    Your article has been sent.

About brainiac What's happening in the world of ideas.
contributors
Joshua Rothman is a graduate student and Teaching Fellow in the Harvard English department, and an Instructor in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. He teaches novels and political writing.
archives

browse this blog

by category