Spackerman’s analysis of the suicide bombing in the Green Zone — which seems to have been conducted with inside help — and the truck bomb that collapsed the al-Sarifiya bridge is a worrying stuff.
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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War Czar?
Read Fred Kaplan on the Bush administration’s fruitless search for a war czar. Turns out that no one actually wants the job, as they neither know how to fix Iraq nor believe Cheney and other administration hardliners will give up enough control to allow the implementation of alternative visions. Which is all to the good. […]
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New Hope in the Middle East
Apparently, Sharon’s condition is beginning to improve, opening the possibility that a resuscitated Sharon and a zombie Arafat could possibly reemerge and, employing the lessons learned by brushing up against the hereafter, lead their respective peoples towards peace and comity. What? Got a better idea?
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How Sanctions Helped Hamas
It wasn’t merely cynical for us to encourage the Palestinians to hold elections and then shut off our humanitarian aid when they chose Hamas; it was dumb. When Hamas came to power, they rose, in part, on an anti-corruption, good governance platform. When we shut off the aid, we instantly exempted them from any and […]
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Cost Counts
It is a common complaint among Democrats that they have no success with framing. On health care, however, they’ve had It is a common complaint among Democrats that they have no success with framing. On health care, however, they’ve had too much success with the framing — what George W. Bush might […]
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The Progressive Case For More Cost Sharing
Here’s the piece on Furman’s plan I’ve been promising. It also reflects my thinking that there’s more for liberals in HSAs than first meets the eye, but they have to be constructed progressively, smartly, and within the context of a universal structure. The American Prospect doesn’t yet allow comments, so put discussion in this thread. […]
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GET THIS MAN…
GET THIS MAN A MAGAZINE! Yesterday Kevin Drum was handing out health care story assignments, today he’s asking us to stop using the word “smart” as a descriptor for articles. Sounds to me like someone’s in the market for an editorship… –Ezra Klein
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McCain on Iraq
Andrew Sullivan, whose transformation into something quite akin to a lefty continues to surprise, has a markedly clear-eyed take on John McCain’s saddening resuscitation of Iraq as a club with which to beat Democrats. He writes: Look: if this war has actually increased the power of al Qaeda, has helped recruit many more Jihadists to […]
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New Polly Goodness!
Interesting news out of a new Time poll that breaks the Democrats down by region. The full results aren’t available, but Obama and Edwards both appear to have cut into Clinton’s lead, with Obama holding her to 2% in the West and Edwards actually leading the field in the Midwest. Given where the actual swing […]
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And Lions Will Lay Down With Lambs
Mark your calendars and call your mothers, I agree with a Jamie Kirchek post. Responding to news that Giuliani has declared the Confederate Flag a state’s rights issue, Kirchek explains: The Confederacy was, should Giuliani need any reminder, from the firing on Fort Sumter, an act of treason against the United States. Never mind the […]