Ezra Klein

I don’t know if it is bad form to drag an on-going debate to a guest blog, but here it goes. Jane Galt took exception to my characterization of the United Airlines pension bailout by the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corp as corporate welfare. In fact, she went on to write lengthy posts defending the decision […]

Hi again, everyone. It’s Angelica, a.k.a Battlepanda. I’m going to be filling in this weekend. Has anyone here heard about Jobdumping.de? I blogged about it a few days ago at my blog because it is an interesting idea that I don’t know exactly what make of, so I just thought I’d mention it here to […]

Battle Panda and Daniel Munz will be helping me out this weekend. Better recognize.

Kevin writes: Matt Yglesias wonders if liberals spend too much of their energy fighting meaningless fights against religious symbolism…I think he’s right, and I say that from the perspective of someone who’s such a stone atheist that I’m pretty sure it’s not philosophically possible to be more atheist than me. Still, there are fights and […]

How can it be that I was just accepted as a writer at one of the most staunchly, proudly, progressive magazines in the country, and yet my natural opinions routinely place me on the rightmost edge of my classes? It’s really quite strange.

August on Voinovich. In George’s defense, the amount of pressure that was brought to bear must’ve been simply unbelievable, and his assurance that the vote would historically leave the committee without a recommendation is going to make it possible to kill on the Senate floor. On the other hand, I really don’t understand what Bush […]

America decides to meddle in Brazil’s HIV-prevention program. America demands Brazil sign oath condemning prostitutes. Brazil to America: “Go screw yourselves (safely).” In early May, Brazil declared its defiance of American diktats abroad. The country’s national AIDS commissioner, HIV doctor Pedro Chequer, turned down $40 million in US assistance for its fight against AIDS rather […]

The dwindling, pathetic ranks of Republican moderates are quite sad, but when put this way, they’re also quite funny: The elections in November put seven new Republicans, nearly all conservatives, in the Senate, increasing the party’s majority to 55. As moderate Senate Republicans look out around the country, they are comforted by the ranks of […]

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Between Dr. Hager’s forced sodomization of his narcoleptic wife, John Bolton’s penchant for swinging, Jack Ryan’s repeated attempts to force his wife into group sex, Rush Limbaugh’s multiple divorces, and all the rest of it, don’t you think it’s time to admit that many Americans, both the decorous right wingers and the bohemian lefties, grapple […]