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Michael Tomasky

Michael Tomasky is the American editor-at-large of the Guardian (UK). He was executive editor of the Prospect from 2003 to 2006.

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What's in a Name?

Michael TomaskyAug 15, 2006


Though a liberal, I am not and never have been a devotee of political correctness. I think “black” and “Indian” work just fine most of the time and consider “African American” and “Native American” to be superfluous mouthfuls. I think it's more important that disadvantaged schoolchildren memorize their multiplication tables than have their self-esteem preserved. And I can't quite get behind the idea that people who choose to change their sex should be grouped, rights-securing wise, with people who were born gay.

RANDOM NUTMEG NOTES....

Michael TomaskyAug 09, 2006

RANDOM NUTMEG NOTES. First of all, my guess (it�s only a guess) is that Lieberman will drop out. I said why in the last paragraph of this Web piece last week, but it bears repeating.

COMPLETELY OFF-MESSAGE FRIDAY AFTERNOON POST.

Michael TomaskyAug 04, 2006

COMPLETELY OFF-MESSAGE FRIDAY AFTERNOON POST. I noticed a couple weeks ago that Kevin Drum had a post laying out his wise strategy for avoiding sales clerks. So if he can do that one, I can unload with this.

What bugs me is receipts. In this town, sales clerks everywhere are ceaselessly forcing sales receipts into your hand. What the hell is this about?

OH, I SEE THE DIFFERENCE.

Michael TomaskyAug 04, 2006

OH, I SEE THE DIFFERENCE. Over at the Corner, they�ve been trying to poke holes in E.J. Dionne�s Post column today about the collapse of conservatism. The most beguiling entry is by Kate O�Beirne:

E.J.'s eulogy for conservatism�recognizes that moderates in the largely conservative party have to be accommodated. True. That's the fate of a governing majority party. The alternative - a destructive purge to purify the ranks of the minority party - is on display in Connecticut.

The Center Holds

If Joe Lieberman leaves the Senate, it will mean that moderation in the Democratic Party ... will be alive and well.

Michael TomaskyAug 02, 2006

Can someone please identify for me this Democratic Party that is in the process of giving itself over to a tiny cabal of lupine Leninists bent on forcing a far-left agenda on the American people?

Because I've been looking, looking real hard, for that Democratic Party. After all, it's the one that has been described repeatedly by those who argue that if Joe Lieberman loses next Tuesday, it will mean the death of moderation in the party.

But I can't find it. Instead, when I went and looked, here's what I found.

The Senate Democratic caucus consists of 44 members. With advice and assistance from our intrepid associate Web editor, Alec Oveis, the in-house electoral politics junkie, I decided to define some categories.

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