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Matthew Yglesias

Matthew Yglesias is a senior editor at the Center for American Progress Action Fund, a former Prospect staff writer, and the author of Heads in the Sand: How the Republicans Screw Up Foreign Policy and Foreign Policy Screws Up the Democrats.

Recent Articles

The Fog of Advisers

Matthew YglesiasJul 20, 2004

The proposal forthcoming from the 9-11 Commission to create a Director of National Intelligence (DNI) to oversee all of the federal government's intelligence activities will be no panacea to solve all the problems that have plagued the American intelligence community for years. Surely, though, it will be a step in the right direction. That the community's work should be coordinated, rather than confused and riven by interagency rivalries, is obvious. Indeed, it's so obvious that the legislation setting up the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Security Council, and other key pillars of the American national security apparatus in the wake of World War II envisioned just that.

Have Faith, Part Two

Matthew YglesiasJul 19, 2004

If conventional wisdom is to be believed, John Kerry has a religion problem -- namely, that Americans think he's insufficiently devout. Every pundit in America has advice for Kerry on how to appeal to religious audiences on the trail and how to make use of his own Catholic faith -- but should he listen? Ayelish McGarvey argues that religion could lead Kerry to the promised land, but Matthew Yglesias fears that the road to defeat is paved with biblical quotations.

This is the second round in a three-part debate. Click here to read the opening round and here to read the conclusion.

Gotta Have Faith?

Matthew YglesiasJul 16, 2004

If conventional wisdom is to be believed, John Kerry has a religion problem -- namely, that Americans think he's insufficiently devout. From the inner circle of the Kerry campaign to the front page of the Washington Post, every pundit in America has advice for Kerry on how to appeal to religious audiences on the trail and how to make use of his own Catholic faith -- but should he listen? Ayelish McGarvey argues that religion could lead Kerry to the promised land, but Matthew Yglesias fears that the road to defeat is paved with biblical quotations.

This is the first round in a three-part debate. The second round can be read here.

True Lies

Matthew YglesiasJul 13, 2004

The release of the Senate Intelligence Committee's 521-page report into the intelligence community's pre-war work on the Iraq issue has launched the country into another round of debate over whether the Bush administration simply relied on poor intelligence work, or whether administration appointees pressured analysts into hyping the threat.

It's an important debate to have. And the fact that the Senate's GOP majority pushed scheduled the release date of the official inquiry in these matters must be regarded as suggestive.

War of the Words

Matthew YglesiasJul 06, 2004

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