Here’s Sherrod Brown on the detainee bill. And MSNBC lauding defecting Democrats for their brilliant politics. At no point in the article does the author deploy right or wrong as a relevant metric.
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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TNR’S CLINTON PROBLEM….
TNR‘S CLINTON PROBLEM. What is it that so infuriates the folks at The New Republic about the Clinton Global Initiative? Clinton could be drawling out old war stories on the golf links, like, say, Gerald Ford. He instead spends his time charming rich folks out of their money in order to help out the poor. […]
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In Praise of Division
David Broder’s gushing David Broder’s gushing encomium to Arnold Schwarzenegger’s newfound moderations has already been rightly, resoundingly mocked throughout the blogosphere. Broder’s belief that Schwarzenegger’s election-year conversion to a liberal agenda “demonstrat[ed] in the most dramatic way possible the value of political independence” is so naive as to be hilarious, particularly coming from an ageless […]
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LUCKY WE CUT…
LUCKY WE CUT THOSE TAXES. Following this bit of good news out of Iraq, there is a new congressional analysis showing that we’re spending $2 billion a week on the war — more than twice as much as it cost per week during the first year of operations. The change in spending is coming both […]
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Good Thing We Cut Taxes
Following up on the good news out of Iraq, a new congressional analysis shows that we’re spending $2 billion a week on the war — more than twice as much as it cost per week during the first year of operations. The change in spending is coming both from increased combat, but also from “the […]
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A UNITER. …
A UNITER. I think it’s time for liberals to admit that, at least in Iraq, George W. Bush is a uniter, not a divider. For instance: He’s united more than 60 percent of Iraqis in support of attacks on U.S. troops. He’s united even more than that in terms of those who the Americans out […]
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The Grand Delusion
David Brooks writes: Worse, more and more people are falling for the Grand Delusion — the notion that if we just leave the extremists alone, they will leave us alone. On the right, some believe that if we just stop this Wilsonian madness of trying to introduce democracy into the Arab world, we can return […]
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Reasons Not To Date Etomologists
This sounds like a story I’d appreciate hearing in greater detail: While in New York, I met an entomology student who had accidentally (not accidentally-on-purpose, mind) infested his (soon-to-be-former, although possibly not for this reason) girlfriend’s appartment with Madagascar hissing cockroaches. Which are hefty and hiss when “disturbed.” Wouldn’t you?
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IN CASE YOU…
IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING. As per usual, if anyone is still confused as to the median voter’s stubborn resistance to admitting the economy’s overall awesomeness, new data showing that health premiums went up 7.7 percent in 2005 may help illuminate things. After all, 7.7 percent was more than twice the inflation rate and the […]
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In Case You Were Curious
As per usual, if anyone is still confused as to the median voter’s stubborn resistance to admitting the economy’s overall awesomeness, new data showing that health premiums went up 7.7 percent in 2005 may help illuminate things. 7.7 percent, after all, was more than twice the inflation rate and the growth in worker’s wages. In […]