Sister Sage's Musings » Frank Rich http://sistersagesmusings.ca Center-left blog from Canadians across the country and beyond Wed, 26 Jun 2013 03:36:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2 Obama’s very bad case of Stockholm Syndrome http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/12/05/obamas-very-bad-case-of-stockholm-syndrome/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/12/05/obamas-very-bad-case-of-stockholm-syndrome/#comments Sun, 05 Dec 2010 16:12:42 +0000 Jymn http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=5637 Frank Rich once again nails it perfectly in his NYT column, describing Obama’s ‘baffling’ presidency as one that more resembles the victim of Stockholm Syndrome than a vigorous, effective leadership. Time and again, journos – and even some Dems - point to the Lucy and the football analogy for Obama and crew but Rich gets . . . → Read More: Obama’s very bad case of Stockholm Syndrome]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/12/05/obamas-very-bad-case-of-stockholm-syndrome/feed/ 0 Malcolm Gladwell on social media: not good for the little people http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/10/09/malcolm-gladwell-on-the-social-network-not-good-for-the-little-people/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/10/09/malcolm-gladwell-on-the-social-network-not-good-for-the-little-people/#comments Sat, 09 Oct 2010 20:46:17 +0000 Jymn http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=4065 Via an excellent article from Frank Rich on politics and social media:

“With Facebook and Twitter and the like,” Gladwell wrote, “the traditional relationship between political authority and popular will” was supposed to be upended, so it would be “easier for the powerless to collaborate, coordinate, and give voice to their concerns.” Instead, he concluded, we . . . → Read More: Malcolm Gladwell on social media: not good for the little people]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/10/09/malcolm-gladwell-on-the-social-network-not-good-for-the-little-people/feed/ 0