I.D., PLEASE. Much like how the PATRIOT Act included a host of provisions that had been on the right’s wish list for years before 9/11, House Republicans are using the current uproar over immigration (which they themselves have stoked) as an excuse to disenfranchise likely Democratic voters. From The Los Angeles Times: Republicans pushing for […]
Ben Adler
Ben Adler is a senior editor at City & State NY. He previously worked for Politico, The Nation, and Reuters, and he has written for The Washington Post and The New Republic, among other publications.
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IRAN: IRAQ DEJA VU?
IRAN: IRAQ DEJA VU? I’ve got to agree with The Nation�s Ari Berman on Bush‘s speech to the United Nations today. Following on the heels of retired General Sam Gardiner‘s statements on CNN last night that we are already dispatching forces to Iran, the administration’s continued hardline approach toward Iran does seem to suggest they […]
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A STARTLING ADMISSION.
A STARTLING ADMISSION. From President Bush‘s address to the United Nations: “Freedom by its nature cannot be imposed. It must be chosen.” That he thinks so is news to me, although I couldn’t agree more. –Ben Adler
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FRUSTRATING SUPPORT FOR MCCAIN UPDATE.
FRUSTRATING SUPPORT FOR MCCAIN UPDATE. I’m afraid we may have to make �Liberals for McCain� a regular Tapped feature, a la Ezra‘s Gorewatch. Jonathan Chait and Jacob Weisberg pioneered this trend, then Nicco Mele of EchoDitto joined the chorus, and today so did Richard Cohen in The Washington Post. Their rationales vary — in fact, […]
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A PIECE THAT NEEDED TO BE WRITTEN.
A PIECE THAT NEEDED TO BE WRITTEN. Many, including this blog, have criticized Rich Lowry and Bill Kristol for their recent proposal to continue and expand the American military presence in Iraq. Some raised the question of whether there are actually troops available to fulfill that mission. Now, two experts have definitely answered that question. […]
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LES ETUDIANTS.
LES ETUDIANTS. Over at Open University, David Bell makes an argument about Harvard’s decision to drop early admissions: Two cheers for Harvard for getting rid of early admissions…. Yet if Harvard really wants to do something to make admissions fairer, it should consider doing away with the most inane and manipulable part of the present […]
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CONSERVATIVE CASE FOR REPUBLICAN DEFEAT.
CONSERVATIVE CASE FOR REPUBLICAN DEFEAT. The new issue of the Washington Monthly has a truly inspired collection of conservative arguments for a Republican defeat this November. The highlight is surely Christopher Buckley‘s piece, which expresses the libertarian scorn for George W. Bush‘s “compassionate” conservatism. Buckley coins a new term for it, “incontinent conservatism,” which seems […]
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WHERE’S THE MONEY FOR WEBB?
WHERE’S THE MONEY FOR WEBB? Michelle Cottle‘s great profile of Jim Webb in this week’s New Republic reminds me of a point Alec raised last month, during the Connecticut primary: Wouldn’t the fundraising energy the bloggers lavished on Ned Lamont been better spent funding challengers seeking to defeat actual Republicans? Come November 8th, would they […]
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AHMADINEJAD JOINS STUDENTS FOR ACADEMIC FREEDOM.
AHMADINEJAD JOINS STUDENTS FOR ACADEMIC FREEDOM. What do Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and David Horowitz have in common? Hint: It’s not their views on Israel. Give up? They both want to fire liberal, secularist professors perverting the fragile minds of college students. According to AP: Iran’s hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called Tuesday for a purge […]
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BUSH: DRILL OUR WAY TO A STRONGER LEVEE SYSTEM.
BUSH: DRILL OUR WAY TO A STRONGER LEVEE SYSTEM. President Bush is not even done with his speech supposedly given in honor of the dead and those displaced by the hurricane that hit land one year ago today, and already he has begun trying to spin the needs of Louisianans in a comically cynical way. […]