Ross Eisenbrey has a smart takedown of the Democrats’ new wage insurance proposal, which compensates laid-off workers who find full-time work for the differential between their old job and their new one. This isn’t a useless policy idea, but it’s a bit odd to blow $3.5 billion on those who’ve actually landed on their feet, […]
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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RE: THE SUPREMES….
RE: THE SUPREMES. I want to point out Yale law professor Jack Balkin‘s reading of yesterday’s Court decision, which is fairly illuminative: [T]he Court emphasizes Casey�s holding that states have legitimate interests in protecting potential life throughout the pregnancy. The Court uses this interest to justify the ban on intact D&E. But there is a […]
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MATURITY. Remember…
MATURITY. Remember last week, when David Brooks suggested that though John McCain was completely wrong on Iraq, his campaign would be revived as Americans understood how much more serious he was about Middle East politics than the other candidates? “In 10 months,” wrote Brooks, “this election won�t be about the surge, it will be about […]
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New Sayings
Should the ubiquitous “What Digby said” be joined by “Just read Dahlia?”
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Samuelson Vs. Inequality
Watching Robert Samuelson contort himself over economic inequality is actually sort of fun*. In a column that accurately diagnoses the problem, it’s remarkable how studiously he dodges identifying any causal mechanisms that could suggest the economy is in any way unfair, or tilted against workers. CEO pay, for instance, isn’t going up because of cozy […]
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He Slices, And Dices,
And teaches taxes, too! Justin Fox has got it all. And this week, he’s unloading on Ari Fleischer. But fun as it is to watch Fleischer’s third-grade misunderstandings of the tax code get torn apart*, I’m confused as to why he wrote the op-ed in the first place. As Fox says, Fleischer isn’t a tax […]
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When Bloggers Stop Being Polite and Start Getting Real
Ygs: When I read this post from Catherine, I couldn’t believe Kriston couldn’t believe that she drinks 7 liters of water a day. Ogged can’t believe Catherine drinks that much. I won’t bore people with the intimate details of my water consumption…
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Letting Radosh Be Radosh
I thought Huckapoo’s dissolution had killed the earnest teen-group fanboyism of Daniel Radosh forever. Thank God Clique brought it back.
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Working The Refs
To be more precise, Matt’s line here was, “you know how they say conservative media is about working the refs? Well, working the refs is about working the refs.” Fair point. Meanwhile, I was struck watching the game, as I always am, by the power law talent distribution on the court. You’d think that at […]
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RE: PBA BAN….
RE: PBA BAN. It’s basically TAPPED dogma — as contributed by LeMew — that the counter-mobilization theories about an abortion ban are BS. In other words, today’s Supreme Court decision is not likely to produce an equal and instant counter-reaction among pro-choicers that’ll lead to Republicans losing seats and state legislatures guaranteeing reproductive rights. I […]