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Paul Waldman

Paul Waldman is a contributing editor for the Prospect and the author of Being Right is Not Enough: What Progressives Must Learn From Conservative Success.

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Answering the GOP on Health Insurance.

Paul WaldmanFeb 17, 2010

Feeling the need to pretend they actually have a desire to reform health care, Republicans have seized on two things they can repeat: 1) We should have "tort reform," which when Republicans design it means making it almost impossible to recover reasonable damages for medical errors, and 2) We should "let people buy insurance across state lines."

Evan Bulworth?

Paul WaldmanFeb 16, 2010

Tim already brought up James Fallows' take on Evan Bayh, but I just want to highlight the point that Bayh should just let it all hang out:

The Examined Life.

Paul WaldmanFeb 16, 2010

"The unexamined life," Socrates said, "is not worth living." Pretty much what you'd expect from a philosopher with the luxury of lying about in a toga contemplating the procession of his days. Nevertheless, today the march of technology allows us to examine our lives in ways we didn't before -- and, of course, convey the results of that examination to others. I give you 2009 in the life of Dan Meyer, a high-school math teacher and edublogger living in Santa Cruz (via Boing Boing):

You Won't Have Bayh to Kick Around Anymore.

Paul WaldmanFeb 15, 2010

The news of the day is that Sen. Evan Bayh of Indiana, who makes up for his principle-free ideology with a complete lack of charisma, has decided not to run for re-election. The best immediate reaction came from our friend Ezra, who said that Bayh "wants to spend more time scolding his family for moving too far to the left."

Yes They Can

The GOP understands that in Washington, there are no constraints -- just what you can get away with.

Paul WaldmanFeb 15, 2010
Sen. Mitch McConnell (White House/Pete Souza)

If you're a Democrat, chances are that on more than a few occasions in the last few months, you've heard about the latest tactical maneuver from Republicans in Congress and said, "This time they've gone too far. Surely they'll pay a price for this latest outrage."

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