“VOTE”? I don’t think George Will actually knows what the word “vote” means. He appears to believe that it has something to do with purchases. So since I, say, don’t actually buy cholesterol-lowering drugs for myself, I am registering a “vote” against their existence. Or since many taxpayers forget or don’t care enough to donate […]
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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SCHMUCKS So…
SCHMUCKS So can we just agree that the New York Post has decided terror is a laugh riot and should no longer be taken seriously when they run screaming headlines on the issue? — Ezra Klein
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GOODBYE, HELLO. To…
GOODBYE, HELLO. To say a bit more than the shadowy “Editors” did, we learned today that Mike is stepping down. The Big Bossman, Supreme Leader, Creator of Light and Bringer of Fire wants to get back to writing. So, for all of us at The Prospect, there is little joy in Mudville today. On a […]
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IT WAS WAL-MART,…
IT WAS WAL-MART, IN ARKANSAS, WITH THE CORPORATE MEMO. That’s that, then. Wal-Mart, the largest employer in America, has decided to cease offering traditional health care plans and move entirely to high-deductible, HSA-style offerings. Wake-Up Wal-Mart got their hands on some internal benefit memos, and here’s what they showed: Among the most striking findings outlined […]
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It Was Wal-Mart, In Arkansas, With The Corporate Memo
That’s that, then. Wal-Mart, the largest employer in America, has decided to cease offering traditional health care plans and move entirely to high-deductible, HSA-style offerings. Wake-Up Wal-Mart got their hands on some internal benefit memos, and That’s that, then. Wal-Mart, the largest employer in America, has decided to cease offering traditional health care plans and […]
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PHONY MODERATES. …
PHONY MODERATES. The Prospect‘s own Harold Meyerson earns his pay today with a Washington Post column excoriating the notion that moderate Republicans are, in fact, moderates: Chafee and his moderate band are an ever weaker force in a party whose very essence is extreme, whose electoral strategy is solely to mobilize its base, whose legislative […]
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Blame Canada? Mexico? HMOs?
Jane’s post arguing (in part) that the growth in the uninsured over the last decade has come mainly in the foreign born population is an important one, and should be taken seriously. However, I think they almost obscure more than they illuminate, and deserve a bit more context. What’s fascinating about the data she cites […]
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LOOKING FORWARD TO…
LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. I always find it helpful to exit the world of progressive electoral prognosticators and head over to John McIntyre‘s RealClearPolitics which, while right-leaning, offers a rather dispassionate aggregation of poll information and political predictions. This week’s forecast is particularly interesting: while the national numbers have improved for the GOP over the […]
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James Webb For Senate
This is by far the best ad I’ve seen this cycle: I’ve not bugged folks to donate this cycle, but if you are planning to drop some scratch, Webb would by my pick of the Senate candidates to donate to. He’s got an excellent opportunity to beat a particularly loathsome Republican, in a critical Southern […]
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Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics
Darshak Sanghavi makes a good point on reading health care data. You occasionally see information like fiber cuts cardiovascular risks by 10 percent, or nuts do it by 30 percent, or various other foods, medicines, and activities do some other thing by some impressive percentage. Problem is, we assume that percent works as such numbers […]