From Newsweek, here's a history of bumpy transitions (and more by Mark Penn). How Obama should make his most important presidential appointments. Timothy Noah on Robert Rubin's free ride (and more by Bob Kuttner) Daniel Gross on why Obama has to take over economic policymaking — today. Jeffery Sachs on what Obama needs to do: It's time for a new macroeconomics. The first chapter from The Case for Big Government by Jeff Madrick (and an interview). Larry Bartels says the electorate as a whole may be wiser and more rational than any individual. Relatively speaking, was the 2008 race really that nasty? Larry Sabato says no (and more). What's left to say after this seemingly endless campaign? Poets answer that question, and experts write about some of the undernoticed moments from the past 18 months. From Slate, eight things we won't miss now the election is over: What are we going to talk about now? How to kill time on the Web now that the election's over. From IHE, on historic day, political scientists take the long view. What really happened: A quick look at the election results and exit polls. Educating students about the election means more than simply discussing the issues — savvy teachers know to take students into the spin-zone. Is professors’ liberalism contagious? Maybe not. New conversation, new narrative: An interview with Stanley Fish.
