Ezra Klein

You’re about to hear a lot of whining and high-pitched indignation about this paragraph from an Editor & Publisher survey: Asked who they voted for in the past election, the journalists reported picking Kerry over Bush by 68% to 25%. In this sample of 300 journalists, from both newspapers and TV, Democrats outnumbered Republicans by […]

I very much like Matt’s point on this: Like most Americans, though, I’m inclined to forgive inequality if it leads to nationwide prosperity and if our society remains mobile — the sort of place where a person born poor has a fair shot at getting rich. The common presumption is that America is an unusually […]

Hah!

Thanks again to Ezra for letting me guest for the weekend. It’s been really…real. Anyway, I’m going to use this final post for a little bleg/offer: Due to a thing, I’ll be highly non-Internet-accessible (read: “in Eastern Europe”) from May 22 to June 3. Of course, I don’t want the ol’ blog to languish. Now, […]

While I’m yelling advice at the Democratic Party, here’s another one: Please abandon whatever instinct is driving you to cozy up to libertarians. I know Matt Welch’s head probably just exploded, so let me explain: I’ve written before about why I don’t think libertarianism is promising as a philosophical direction for Democrats. As Matt Yglesias […]

So, I guess my secret’s out: I don’t like being mean to illegal immigrants. I do, however, like being mean to the leadership of the Republican Party, which is why one of MoveOn’s recent e-mails really kind of chafes my hindquarters. One of the nice things about being on MoveOn’s mailing list is that it […]

Speaking of nuclear stuff: Longtime readers of my blog know that I’ve taken something of an interest in the European Union. Today, Xinhua is reporting that Iran doesn’t want the EU to give up the ghost on stalling its nuclear progress: Iran warned the European Union (EU) Sunday that the next round of negotiators between […]

Like Mark Kleiman, I believe that the spectre of global warming is so serious that, in addition to curbing our energy usage, nuclear power should not be off the table. What’s the good of worrying about how to keep the nuclear waste safe for hundreds of thousands of years if, at the rate we’re pumping […]

(Via Calculated Risk) Bank of America put out some dire words yesterday. Run for cover! “…the debt financed spending spree of consumers is petering out while the almost unprecedented surge in government spending looks increasingly unsustainable” “Skyrocketing house prices” had enabled consumers to draw down “staggering” levels of mortgage equity for spending. But the “multiplying” […]

Hey again, Ezrafficionados. Much thanks to Ezra for once again tossing this opportunity my way; it’s a pleasure to be back. I think we’re going to have some fun this weekend, as I have a few decent rants planned. Due to a scheduling thing, I won’t be posting much until later this evening. For now, […]