Michael Lind

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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