HILLARY AND FOREIGN POLICY. Michael Crowley‘s article tracking the roots, evolution, and actual shape of Hillary Clinton‘s foreign policy views is a very fine piece of work. Particularly interesting is the emphasis placed on Kosovo as a formative experience for Clinton. She was, after all, in the White House during that war, and its stunning […]
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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Places, Not States
I think Matt makes some very smart points in his subscription-only review of two new books on the political landscape: the broader logic of regionalism appears questionable in many respects. If you want to understand the political dynamics in, say, Las Vegas, you should look at a whole class of high-growth Sun Belt cities with […]
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On “24”
John Holbo: the show needs to telegraph awareness that ‘this is all very complicated and fraught with moral peril – yet we are doing it with clear eyes.’ So you need to spend some time gesturing in that direction, but it would be annoying if these gestures slowed down the action. So those bits get […]
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by Nicholas Beaudrot of Electoral Math The netroots and geek culture may not be in perfect alignment, but there’s definitely a good bit of overlap, at least judging by the ratio of American Idol-blogging to BSG-blogging. Thus, readers may be interested to know that Elizabeth Edwards is, in fact, a big dork (and I use […]
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Reinforcements in the “Mommy Wars”
by Nicholas Beaudrot of Electoral Math I was happy to see E.J. Graff’s lengthy call to action on the “care crisis” in modern America, where so many families have two working parents, frequently divorced, who want to be good mothers and fathers and need to balance a full time career with the need and desire […]
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The NYT Gives the Game Away
by Nicholas Beaudrot of Electoral Math Give the New York Times props for their occasional efforts to fight poor journalism & sourcing practices. In 2004, when the Bush administration practice of giving background briefings that were really nothing more than spin was relatively new, the Times and (Washington Post) started inserting the source’s reason for […]
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Helpmeet?
by Stephen of the Thinkery When Ezra extended to me the invitation to post on weekends, his only request was that I focus upon politics rather than esoteric theology. With that as my introductory sentence, I’m sure that you realize I am going to refuse that request, at least for this post. I certainly don’t […]
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Of Bauer and Broder
By Neil the Ethical Werewolf Kevin Drum chronicles the schizophrenic political personality of 24. This seems to be another case where mass media ventures seeking the widest audiences find it best not to display clear partisan loyalties. Assuming a bell-shaped distribution of political ideologies among possible viewers, some kind of ambiguous middle position will turn […]
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So Boring!
By Ezra I know I’m supposed to get on The Politico for titling their report on today’s Democratic presidential forum “More Than You Ever Wanted To Know About Healthcare.” I know I should blast them for the dismissive opener that explained, “because you did not want to spend your Saturday sitting in a room for […]