Ezra Klein

Kevin takes another dive into the why-women-don’t-blog waters and surfaces with some theory-backing mermaids from the op-ed pages. He also catches this from Dahlia Lithwick: And so a clutch of women are left on the pink margins of the page, to wring our hands and, well, discuss among ourselves. The subtext will thus remain that […]

Tomorrow, I’ll be on MSNBC’s Connected: Coast to Coast, doing a round-the-blogs segment. It’ll be the 5pm Eastern/2pm Pacific show, towards the middle of the hour, so those who’d like to see me live should tune in. Oh yeah, did I mention it’s live? If I call MSNBC CNN, Monica Crowley Michael Crowley, or otherwise […]

If you read nothing else today, make it Mark Schmitt’s piece on merging the security theme Democrats are finding in Social Security with opportunity. I’ve been beating this drum for awhile (and others have been pounding on it long before me), but it couldn’t be more important. The Democrats are currently trapped in a war […]

Responding to me, Matt writes: the politics of security are largely about image (the politics of everything are), but the important thing to note is that you can’t just whip up some issues and an “image” cooked to order when it comes time to run a presidential campaign. You need to have some idea of […]

Emptywheel calls in with a hell of a post on the people who act as globalization’s foot soldiers. A must-read.

During today’s press conference, Bush said something striking about Karen Hughes’ new position: I applaud Secretary Rice’s decision to include Karen in the process. I thought that was very wise of her to call upon Karen’s talents. This could be nothing more than his usual M.O of pretending total ignorance over everything that happens in […]

Finals suck. That is all.

I’m going to second Matt on this one — the Center for American Progress’s brand-spankin-new tax proposal is really very good, even to an untrained eye like my own. Those of you wanting the full rundown can find it here (warning: 32 page PDF), but most will probably opt for the two page executive summary. […]

Bush is nominating Wolfowitz to head the World Bank. Wolfowitz. Sorry, just have to say that a few times to make it feel real. Wolfowitz. A guy who knows nothing about economics. Wolfowitz. A guy who’s detested by Europeans as a main architect of our foreign policy. Wolfowitz. A guy who licks his comb. I […]

• Before 9/11, all the Neocons could talk about was the coming confrontation with China and the need to stick steadfastly by our blood-buddy Taiwan. And, if 9/11 hadn’t happened, yesterday might’ve been the first step towards that confrontation. With China passing a (largely redundant) law that authorizes attack if Taiwan seeks independence, a strong […]