We need to talk. I know that protecting your children from terrorism, and all the overt and covert warnings issued by the GOP about how America will meet its fiery death if Democrats should seize control of our national security, will be foremost in your minds when you go to the voting booths in a […]
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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Dangers of DeFoleyation
By Neil the Ethical Werewolf Nobody knows how the Mark Foley scandal will develop, but it could be wildly disruptive to the Republican Party. It’s not just that it puts us in position to win Foley’s district, where his name will still be on the ballot even though the votes will go to someone else. […]
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Woodward 2.0
Bob Woodward’s new book paints the president as a resolute leader so in awe of his own conviction and resolution that he can’t adapt to new realities, and thus has been unable to learn from the mistakes in Iraq. That’s in stark contrast to Bob Woodward’s last book, which painted Bush as a resolute leader […]
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When Don’t Coattails Matter
by Nicholas Beaudrot of Electoral Math I’ll have more to say on the topic of coattails later, but for the moment, let me mention the conditions under which the results at the Senate or Presidential level don’t have much impact on House races. In states with only a single, at-large House member, the results of […]
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How The Bloggers Got It Right
By Neil the Ethical Werewolf We all know what happened. For partisan gain, Republicans decided to embrace torture, shred the most fundamental principles of American law, and put innocent people at risk of spending their lives in jail without trials on terrorism prosecutions. They intended to give Democrats a horrible choice. Go along, and their […]
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GM Makes Good Business Decisions
Apparently, GM just made Sean Hannity their spokesman. Their new ad campaign is the “You’re A Great American!” giveaway, and who better to kick that one off than the guy who said a Kerry win — which 48 percent of the country voted for — would be a victory for the terrorists, and keeping Nancy […]
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THE LESSONS OF…
THE LESSONS OF WARS. You often hear of Vietnam Syndrome, that odd affliction wherein liberals who noticed America’s last occupation attempt didn’t go that well made the crazed extrapolation that this one wouldn’t either. Loons! But Spencer Ackerman notices that the right has their own dysfunction left over from the war or, at least, its […]
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Universal Insurance
Bad news for the middle class in this new CAP report. Wages are flat, average job growth is one-fifth that of previous business cycles, the top five expenditures of most families (health care, housing, food, cars, and household operations) are racing upward, fewer than a third of families have savings that could weather three months […]
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UNIVERSAL INSURANCE.. …
UNIVERSAL INSURANCE.. Bad news for the middle class in this new CAP report. Wages are flat, average job growth is one-fifth that of previous business cycles, the top five expenditures of most families (health care, housing, food, cars, and household operations) are racing upward, fewer than a third of families have savings that could weather […]
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But The Economy Is Really Good! Promise!
This ain’t good news: According to the study, less than a third of all American families have accumulated income equaling three months of their wages. The trend is particularly pronounced among the 60 percent income distribution that makes up the middle class: those with dual incomes earning from $18,500 to $88,030 a year. From 2001 […]