Looks like talks with Iran are rapidly approaching their breaking point and the EU is murmuring about a security council referral. Hmm. You know, I’m kinda conflicted about this. On the one hand, I don’t much want Iran to have a nuke. I’m not really of the mind that they’ll do a handoff to Hezbollah, […]
Ezra Klein
Ezra Klein is a former Prospect writer and current editor-in-chief at Vox. His work has appeared in the LA Times, The Guardian, The Washington Monthly, The New Republic, Slate, and The Columbia Journalism Review. He’s been a commentator on MSNBC, CNN, NPR, and more.
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How to Deal With Torturers
You’ve really got to read John Cole ripping Hugh Hewitt a new asshole over his cavalier, see-no speak-no hear-no approach to torture. (It does bring up an interesting question, though: can you tear a new asshole in an asshole? Ah well, that’s probably best left for the logicians.) And so too, it seems, is torture […]
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The Breakdown
From the CAFTA article mentioned below, I love this closing paragraph on the high tech industry’s donations: The result, in recent years, has been near parity in campaign contributions, splitting 54 to 45 percent in the Democrats’ favor in 2004, 51 to 48 percent in the GOP’s favor in 2002. This stands in direct contrast […]
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CAFTA Facing Problems
David Sirota? Thomas Frank? Your ship has come in: Traditionally pro-business and pro-trade House Democrats have announced plans to vote against the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement, a stance putting at risk support from the rapidly growing high-tech community, one of the few major industries that continue to give substantial backing to Democratic candidates. […]
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Ordinary Rendition
Next time Bush declares his confidence in our rejection of rendition, I wouldn’t, uh, believe him. Sweden’s released a report detailing an America rendition done on their territory, which, had it been done by Swedish police, would’ve been illegal. Indeed, the American use of police powers on Swedish ground is illegal, and the report noted […]
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On Dynasties
Matt Harwood’s deeply concerned about the possibility of a dynastic presidency in the country. If Hillary wins, and then takes reelection, we’ll have been under continuous rule by two families for 24 years. If Jeb then grabs the presidency, well, you get the idea. I’ve been hearing this a lot and I like it in […]
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Of Goldwater and the Beltway
Can someone explain to me what David Sirota is doing? Oliver Willis caught him making a poor analogy on this NARAL thing — David compared it to Club for Growth, Oliver pointed out that Club for Growth doesn’t endorse Democrats — and Sirota just spluttered out a long string of historical misreads and beltway hatred, […]
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Bobblicious
How much of a nerd does it make me if I really, really want one of these FDR bobbleheads? The JFK one is sweet too. The Bush 43 doesn’t look anything like Dubya, though. Via the Munz.
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NARAL Deviousness?
Here’s a (stupid) thought: what if the whole NARAL endorsing Chafee move is an attempt to motivate the state’s (small) conservative base to fund a challenger? For Chafee to get NARAL’s first 2006 endorsement and speak at their convention might be a bit much for Rhode Island’s hardcore Republicans to bear. The Club for Growth, […]
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Hellllllooooo Nurse!
The New York Times has a cute op-ed arguing that America should replace the unknown Surgeon General with a National Nurse whose pronouncements would focus on prevention and healthy living. Sounds good, though we can still keep the surgeon general around for kicks and non-preventive giggles. In any case, this country really has to start […]