From The Daily Beast, Cass Sunstein on spreading the wealth around: To suggest that "redistribution" is a dirty word is a terrible insult to American history — and to the democratic process itself. A look at what Obama really meant by "redistributive change". Michael Kinsley on Obama the wealth spreader. Barack Obama favors redistributing wealth — so does John McCain. Perhaps there is some meaningful distinction between spreading the wealth and sharing it (“collectively,” no less), but finding it would require the analytic skills of Karl the Marxist. Barbara Ehrenreich reports from the Socialist International Conspiracy. The Red Scare and Average Joes: What we talk about when we talk about socialism. The Other Issues: The ones that aren't being talked about. From First of the Month, choosy beggars 2008: Writers and readers comment on the election. The U.S. is separated between red and blue, liberals, conservatives but the deepest rift might be linguistic. Hopes for a happy ending: Literary voices on the American Election. Prophet of Palin: Did Stephen King (the self-aware literary badass) foresee the Republican VP candidate? From Critical Mass, which work of fiction, nonfiction, or poetry best captures the realities of American political culture? The Partisan Imagination: Does being an artist make you a liberal? Dubya's reign is nearly over: What impact did he have on the artistic life of his country?
