It’s not exactly surprising that the Washington Post is marking the day the Senate votes on a withdrawal resolution by publishing a Joe Lieberman op-ed accusing Democrats of “a fundamental misunderstanding of both the reality in Iraq and the nature of the enemy we are fighting there.” But it is telling. You might think they’d […]
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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Fun With Nexis
Just ran across this old Alberto Gonzales quote from an October 2005 interview with Time magazine: WHAT DO YOU LIKE BEST ABOUT YOUR JOB? In the first Cabinet meeting of the second term, the President challenged us, and–you know he uses baseball metaphors–he challenged us not to play little ball but to play big ball. […]
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The Nick Fury Of Journalism
Did anyone else realize Newsweek employed one “Stryker McGuire?” Are we sure he isn’t some sort of superhero, albeit a human one who excels through his ruthless tactical intelligence and calculating ways?
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Press Release Journamalism
Filter out the constant carping about the press’s liberal bias, and Tom Delay’s Politico op-ed on how the press is failing is actually somewhat on-point. “The biggest problem,” he writes, “is that reporters are perfectly happy to let the stories come to them rather than going out and finding them. The vast majority of all […]
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The Lies Of John McCain
McCain on the Daily Show: Stewart: Didn’t Gates say that the idea that we would set deadlines, didn’t even he say that would help them put pressure on Maliki’s government? McCain: No. What he said was that we need to put pressure on the government and the government is not functioning as we want it […]
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“NO ONE SUFFERS…
“NO ONE SUFFERS MORE THAN THEIR PRESIDENT.” This video, where Laura Bush explains that no one in America suffers as much from the war in Iraq as the president does, has the potential to become a destructively definitional moment for the administration. Yesterday, J. noticed James Pinkerton crowing over Bush’s steady 35% support. He’s a […]
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DEMS AND DEFICITS….
DEMS AND DEFICITS. I’m deeply sympathetic to criticizing Nancy Pelosi from the economic left, and to worries that Democrats have boxed themselves into a rhetorical corner by carrying on about the largely illusory dangers of moderate deficits. But my sense is that there’s a real lack of sympathy for the fact that Congressional Democrats have […]
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I’m Invited!
From the inbox: Your invitation to Cato University July 22–27, 2007 * San Diego www.cato-university.org This year’s Cato University, The Graduate School of Liberty, is being held July 22–27 at the Rancho Bernardo Inn in San Diego. With 2007 marking Cato’s 30th anniversary this year’s program will be presented by an all-star group of speakers […]
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OBAMA ON IRAQ….
OBAMA ON IRAQ. I haven’t read Obama‘s big foreign policy speech in full, but Other Klein, Kevin, and Matt have, and their reviews are largely — if somewhat tentatively — positive. I am impressed with this line, however, which I think is slightly more important than folks have given it credit for. In 2002, I […]
