Joe Klein
Joe Klein
Joe Kleinis a political columnist for Time magazine and is known for his novel Primary Colors, an anonymously written roman à clef portraying Bill Clinton's first presidential campaign. Klein is currently a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and is a former Guggenheim Fellow. In April 2006 he published Politics Lost, a book on what he calls the "pollster–consultant industrial complex." He has also written articles and book reviews for The New Republic, The New York Times, The Washington...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth7 September 1946
CountryUnited States of America
If every American automatically has health coverage, the age at which Medicare kicks in becomes a less fraught issue. We could gradually raise the age of Medicare eligibility a bit, according to income, and save money.
When I started in the press there were really ink-stained wretches. Not everybody went to college. Now, everybody at the New York Times and the Washington Post and Salon and Slate, most of them have Ivy League educations.
Ever since the George McGovern disaster of 1972, the party has routinely chosen technocratic moderates for standard-bearers.
The response by Microsoft is essentially a meaningless response,
That was the miracle of Abraham Lincoln, politician. He pursued the high purpose of moving justice forward via the low arts of patronage and patronization. Indeed, in a democracy, it is usually the only way great deeds are done.
I think this is an indication of the strength and quality of the Atlantic League. The teams in our league have continued to offer quality, affordable family entertainment and, with the playoff races coming down to the wire, our fans have continued to show great support.
You know, when George Bush talks about freedom not being America's gift to world but God's gift to all humankind, it smells like market testing to me.
What can you say -- the guy doesn't have a peer,
This record speaks to not only the caliber of play on the field, but to the support of our fans over the years. Congratulations to the fans, the staffs and the players for making the league such a success.
We're putting our teams together now. If he comes, it's a bonus.
When politicians began to see that every last thing that they did in public could be broadcast to a mass audience, the fact that the stakes were so much higher now that every moment became fraught caused them to become more cautious, and the consultants very gradually but inevitably became literal reactionaries.
It will make sure players have best spots available for playing time. It will better allow communication with the major leagues and, for the agents, it's almost like one-stop shopping.
Throughout history, civilizations have built a common cause through coming-of-age rituals. But we don't do that anymore. Maybe we should think about that.
A lot of it was purely fictional, speculation on my part. I figured the reaction from the White House was that whoever wrote this thing had no idea what the Clintons were all about. Then, shockingly, people in the White House started accusing each other of having written it. That reaction was what really set if off.