I keep trying to summon up some rage and bile over the practice of Congressmen employing their families, but I just can’t. Businesses employ family members all the time. Politics is an all-consuming occupation. If families can find ways to involve the clan, all the better. Dana Rohrabacher paying his wife $40,000 to manage his […]
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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Peak Oil
I realize you guys have been hearing about “peak oil” a lot lately — kinda like when everyone began talking about Social Security bend points and wage-indexing and ZZZZzzzz. But though you might be bored, you don’t have to be confused. At least, not if you go read this quick and dirty primner on the […]
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Poverty-Reduction
And this is why effective sex education and widespread access to birth control are overriding moral issue: Nationally, the teenage birth rate fell 30 percent from 1991 to 2002, the most recent year for which such statistics are available. If the rate had not dropped during the decade, 1.2 million more children would have been […]
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Why OPEC Needs America Fat and Happy
Kevin’s explanation of why oil prices are cause for severe concern is vintage Drum: informative, well-written, and containing a graph. Read it. But I think he gets something wrong in his evaluation of OPEC’s incentives: OPEC has the capacity to supply about 30 mbd. Question: what incentive do they have to continue pumping this amount? […]
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Yip Yip Yip Yahoo!
Rush Limbaugh, in his characteristically insane manner, commented today on Al Gore’s new televisions station: When does he start up this stupid little network? August? Yip yip yip yahoo. You know what Gore said about this? It’s going to be liberal. It’s going to reflect the point of view of young people. What the hell […]
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DeLayism
Drop the Hammer, one of the premier anti-DeLay sites, gets mail. Oh boy do they get mail. And some of it even comes from elected officials, like this one from Councilman Kevin Cole of Texas: Hey ass hole [sic]. Tom Delay happens to be my congresman [sic] and I am happy with the job he […]
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Red Eye DeLay
It’s becoming a bit trite to accuse Tom DeLay of snapping his tether to reality, but I’m not going to stop noting it until Tom stops doing it. Yesterday, he gave a short presentation to the GOP Senate caucus, where he unveiled what should be called the “Stoner Defense”, a combination of “chill out” sentiment […]
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Poor Headlines in the WoT
Headlining the New York Times today was a little ditty they like to call “Sharon Asks U.S. to Pressure Iran to Give Up Its Nuclear Program“, and it goes something like this: Spreading photographs of Iranian nuclear sites over a lunch table at the Bush ranch in Texas on Monday, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of […]
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Chasing the Wind
I’m tired of invading Iraq for oil, encouraging coups in Iran for crude, futzing around in the Middle East for petroleum. Every time we do it it’s the same old map on CNN, the same old cartoons about swarthy dictators, the same old sandy landscapes. Why not be a little inventive? Which is why I’d […]
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Blogger’s Paradox
Drezner writes: Will I still be blogging in five years? I honestly don’t know, but my suspicion is that if I do, there will be plenty of sabbaticals thrown in. One undeniable effect of having a successful blog is the inculcation of a sense of duty to keep up regular posts. Even the thought of […]