Adam Serwer

Josh Marshall, perusing the latest WaPo/ABC News poll that shows both Dems beating McCain, notes that there might be a substantial “social undesirability bias” preventing poll respondents from expressing genuine apprehension about voting for black man for president. The poll found that “Only three in 10 said they were “entirely comfortable” with the prospect of […]

Ted Turner on environmentalist cartoon Captain Planet: “In terms of programming, it’s the best thing I ever did.” Somewhere, Wolf Blitzer is weeping softly into a pillow. –A. Serwer

At first glance, you might assume the fact that the government has brought fewer cases of terrorism to court while expanding the number of people under surveillance suggests that the surrendering constitutional liberties in the name of questionable security gains isn’t really worth it, but you’d be wrong. You might also think that there’s something […]

Maybe it’s too much to hope for more than a prolonged flirtation between libertarians and liberals on the issue of the War On Drugs, but the fact that Radley Balko‘s blog post at Reason and a diary on Dailykos from the ACLU elicit similar responses from readers gives me hope. The case in question is […]

The Weekly Standard’s Michael Goldfarb doesn’t think recruitment is a very important issue in the fight against terrorism. As to whether Bush is a recruiting tool for terrorists — who cares? Al Qaeda was recruiting before Bush was in office and they will continue to do so after he’s gone. The important thing is that […]

Sure the Republicans have managed to bungle two wars, facilitate a recession, and cripwalked all over the Constitution of the United States, but Sure the Republicans have managed to bungle two wars, facilitate a recession, and cripwalked all over the Constitution of the United States, but Bill Clinton wants people in West Virginia to know […]

We should all be relieved that Rupert Murdoch has dropped his bid for New York daily Newsday, which means all he has left is the Wall Street Journal, the New York Post, and membership on the board of directors of The Associated Press. —A. Serwer

Eds. Note: This week’s guest blogger is Adam Serwer. Adam is a graduate student at Columbia University’s school of journalism. He blogs at Too Sense and Jack and Jill Politics under the pseudonym dnA. The first part of Dana Priest and Amy Goldstein‘s harrowing report on the health care conditions inside immigrant detention centers (prisons) […]