Ezra Klein

Not to offend or anything, but does anyone else find the fact that one of Powerline’s contributors calls himself “rocket man” more than a little, well, gay? By the way, if one of those fools really does decide to debate PZ Myers on evolution, it’s going to be a rending. I’m not even sure I […]

Pace my earlier post on the UN, it’s really worth checking out Peter Daou’s new UN Dispatch, a blog devoted to shining light on what the UN does and providing some needed balance on the subject. I’m still awaiting assurances that the antichrist will not, in fact, emerge from the UN chambers, but other than […]

Shakespeare’s Sister has an excellent pair of posts running down the records potential candidates for the Supreme Court. You should read them (1, 2). I’d love to hear Jeralyn’s take on these folks as well. While on the subject, you should read Mark Schmitt’s post on the “Constitution-in-exile” crowd, and what their goals are. This […]

I wasn’t planning to step into Kevin’s not-enough-women-in-the-blogs fluff, having been on the receiving end of it a few times myself. But Avedon Carol dropped me into the fray, and I’ll use her mention as an excuse to post some thoughts: • First, on Avedon’s point that I got linked on TAPPED despite being a […]

If you had sat me down six months ago and told me the Democrats were going to not only outmaneuver, but out-organize the Republicans on Social Security, I would have called you a CIA plant. If you did it today, I’d call you the Washington Post: Administration and congressional officials said many Republican members remain […]

Congressman Hinchey really cut through Woodruff’s crap on this one. How dare he voice an opinion at a Town Hall? How dare he not! Go read the transcript to hear a Democrat unapologetic about believing in the actual Bush administration, rather than the fantasy one of good government bureaucrats that seems to exist in the […]

Congressman Roy Blunt gets offended by a Michael Crowley article. Congressman Roy Blunt writes in to The New Republic. Michael Crowley is given a chance to respond. Michael Crowley eviscerates Roy Blunt. You laugh at the hapless congressman before feeling bad that this guy is helping to run the country. C’mon — you know you […]

Praktike’s criticisms of the UN are on point, I think, but downplay the obstacles to fixing it. Because, as is, the neocons don’t hate the UN because there’s an inequitable distribution of power, but because there in fact is a distribution of power. Since the only logical ways to reform the UN are up, and […]

Finally put up a long-overdue permalink to the excellent Shakespeare’s Sister. Helpful readers are encouraged to head over to her site and apologize for my tardiness. Also, you guys should read Tomasky’s piece on progressivism’s estrangement from philosophy. One thing I think he omits is that, in addition to talking strategy, we talk a lot […]

Well Sam certainly hit that nail on the head. The question, though, is whether or not setting some weird front group like USA Next in opposition to AARP is really such a smart idea. AARP’s spokespeople certainly won’t be alone in news articles, but whether or not anyone actually cares about the pull quotes from […]