Eric Liu
Eric Liu
Eric P. Liuis an American writer and founder of Citizen University. Liu served as Deputy Assistant to President Clinton for Domestic Policy at the White House between 1999 and 2000. He served as Speechwriter and Director of Legislative Affairs for the National Security Council at the White House from 1993 to 1994. Liu is currently a Senior Law Lecturer at the University of Washington School of Law. In 2014 he was nominated by President Obama to be a member of...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
CountryUnited States of America
simple law ideas
In the end no segregationist scheme has withstood the force of a simple idea: equality under law.
america worry world
Six decades ago, as Mao's Communists seized power, the question in Washington was, 'Who lost China?' Now, as his capitalist descendants stand astride the world stage and Washington worries about decline, it seems to be, 'Who lost America?'
years white people
If half-black Barack Obama had decided years ago to call himself white - which his genes certainly entitled him to do - his story would have carried very different meaning. If millions of part-black people had followed him into whiteness, then the N.A.A.C.P. would be in true crisis.
positive dirty naughty
We tend to think of politics as bad, full of dirty tricks, negative ads, big campaigns, but I am here to explore the original meaning of politics, which is positive and has to do with balancing competing interests and looking for solutions.
zero loss games
Much of our national debate proceeds as if China and America were locked in a zero-sum game in which one's loss is precisely the other's gain.
educational profound united-states
To be sure, the United States has profound problems, not least our faltering educational and physical infrastructure.
country effort systematic
Throughout this country's history there have of course been systematic efforts to create an official underclass.
christian purpose voters
'The Purpose-Driven Life' is not just a mega-bestselling work of Christian faith; it is the thing that every voter, secular or not, yearns for.
ugly obvious behinds
The nativism behind the push to repeal or amend the Fourteenth is ugly and obvious.
gestures habit unwind
The Boomers have modeled a set of bad habits, and one grand gesture is not going to unwind all those bad habits.
games lessons election
Sometimes when I listen to fellow progressives, I wonder if the only lesson we took away from the '04 elections is that politics is a word game.
simple america identity
Identity in America is complicated but it's also simple: it's about whom you identify with and who identifies with you.
age citizens tests
Here's a proposal, offered only partly in jest: no resident of the United States, whether born here or abroad, should get to be a citizen until age 18, at which time each such resident has to take a test.
white liberty pressure
Today's multiracial Americans are at greater liberty to choose how they'd like to be seen, and under less pressure to pass for white.