Dylan Matthews

By Dylan Matthews Did you know that Krispy Kreme hates unborn children? It’s true; just look at this announcement of theirs (via Cara at Feministe): “Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. (NYSE: KKD) is honoring American’s sense of pride and freedom of choice on Inauguration Day, by offering a free doughnut of choice to every customer on […]

By Dylan Matthews I wish I could be surprised that Grover Norquist has equated a 10% difference in marginal corporate taxation rates with torture. But this is, after all, the same guy who compared the estate tax to the Holocaust. The only thing that’s slightly surprising is that Norquist seems to find taxing earned income […]

By Dylan Matthews The actual war might be degenerating into bloody urban warfare, but at least Israel’s coming out ahead politically, right? Right? Qatar said on Friday it had frozen its ties with Israel and would ask the Israel to close its trade office in Doha and its staff to leave within a week. Qatar […]

By Dylan Matthews Israel hasn’t agreed to a ceasefire yet, of course, but this looks like progress: The United States and Israel plan to sign an agreement on the final working day of the Bush administration intended to convince the Jewish state to agree to a cease-fire with Hamas militants in Gaza and end its […]

By Dylan Matthews The Washington Post really knows how to screw up a pretty straightforward news piece, doesn’t it? House Democrats yesterday presented an $825 billion stimulus package that includes more government spending and less tax relief than President-elect Barack Obama had proposed, potentially weakening support among Republicans for a plan that congressional leaders hope […]

By Dylan Matthews Jory John from 826 Valencia has a cute op-ed in the NYT today, collecting letters from kids to Obama. Some of the material is to be expected – “Make students get extra credit for everything” – but then John found the world’s youngest conspiracy theorist, who is clearly watching as much X-Files […]

By Dylan Matthews Thanks much to Ezra for having me; guest-blogging must be among the better exam-studying procrastination methods out there. Anyway, I didn’t watch Bush’s farewell address either, but Heather Hurlburt did, and thought it sounded familiar. This was the speech’s conclusion: I have been blessed to represent this Nation we love. And I […]

By Dylan Matthews Steve Benen points to Mark Halperin, of all people, being totally sensible on the media’s role in the campaign. On the lipstick kerfluffle: “They knew exactly what he was saying. It’s an expression. And this is a victory for the McCain campaign in the sense that every day they can make this […]

By Dylan Matthews Because we can never get enough genetic purity talk, now can we? Helen Rittelmeyer has a thoughtful response to my earlier post: The decision to carry a mentally retarded child to term means something different in a world where ninety percent of women in that position choose not to. In such a […]

By Dylan Matthews You’ve heard Nirvana’s “Lithium”. You’ve heard The Polyphonic Spree. You’ve seen sock puppet performances. But have you seen sock-puppets lip-syncing to The Polyphonic Spree covering “Lithium”?