I’m definitely, and often problematically, an optimist. That said, I’m becoming radically more pessimistic about 2006 with each passing day. As things stand, I’d bet against Democrats capturing either chamber. Update: So long as we’re categorizing prognosticators, Ed Kilgore mentions “the generation gap,” wherein political watchers under 40 see rather marginal or moderate Democratic gains […]
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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The Instapundit of the Vatican
Does Pope Benedict’s “I didn’t say Islam was violent and irrational, I quoted someone else saying it” defense remind anyone else of Glenn Reynold’s modus operandi? Update: And Kevin’s right, you really need to watch Jon Stewart on this.
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MAKE YOU FEEL…
MAKE YOU FEEL SAFER? One of the recurrent questions I get on panels, call-in shows, and e-mails is “What will be required to change the health care system? What can be done?” It’s not a query I’m particularly well-equipped to field, but I think a good start would be photocopying this article on retroactive cancellations […]
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Make You Feel Safer?
One of the recurrent questions I get on panels, call-in shows, and e-mails is “what will be required to change the health care system? What can be done?” It’s not a query I’m particularly well-equipped to field, but I think a good start would be photocopying this article on retroactive cancellations by insurers and handing […]
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No Kidding!
PZ Myers writes: The interesting thing, though, is that picking Easterbrook tells us something about the social circles in which Slate management seems to circulate—and that is that they are disjunct from the social circles that include competent scientists and science writers. Having some ideas of those circles, I can assure you that very few […]
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EUROPE WORKS. …
EUROPE WORKS. Whatever the European social policy you may be advocating for, the almost inevitable, and usually instant, response from ill-disposed interlocutors is to bring up Europe’s apparent unemployment problem and wonder if that’s the future you’re securing for the United States. Well, let them. The latest round of OECD employment data shows (PDF) that […]
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Studio 60
Rejoice, all ye faithful, for Aaron Sorkin has returned to us. For those concerned that Studio 60 would prove a stark departure from the wonkery and social consciousness of The West Wing, fear not: Last night’s episode was entirely focused on the culture wars — in this case, personified by the influence of the Christian […]
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MEDICARE MEETS MEPHISTOPHELES….
MEDICARE MEETS MEPHISTOPHELES. I spent last night at D.C.’s best bookstore/coffee shop, Politics and Prose, reading through David Hyman‘s new book Medicare Meets Mephistopheles. Hyman is an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute, and his book, as you may have guessed from the title, takes as its conceit that Medicare is a demonic program sent […]
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Medicare Meets Mephistopheles
I spent last night at DC’s best bookstore/coffee shop, Politics and Prose, reading through David Hyman’s new book Medicare Meets Mephistopheles. Hyman is an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute, and so his book, as you may have considered but not believed, literally takes as its conceit that Medicare is a demonic program sent to […]