Ezra Klein

This is an interesting argument from John Mueller: In his excellent book, The Far Enemy, Fawaz Gerges argues that mainstream Islamists–the vast majority within the Islamist political movement–have given up on the use of force except perhaps against Israel, and that the remaining jihadis who are still willing to apply violence constituted a tiny minority […]

It’s not that I fault Bush for this, and I’m glad he’s taking seriously the element of national pride that helps fuel Iran’s nuclear ambitions, but after forthrightly acknowledging nationalism’s role in his interview with David Ignatius, how can he suggest this as a solution? He proposed that the West supply enriched uranium to Iran […]

I’ve a feeling lots of folks glaze over when I start posts with “there’s a new study out of…”, but hang on a second, this one’s a good one. The Commonwealth Fund reports that a full nine out of every 10 Americans who seek private insurance never buy. Of those who do apply for a […]

Answer my questions, not yours, I am decider. My suit fits, for once.

Tyler Cowen wonders why we consume movies in single session, but stretch books out over many. I’ll stick with hypotheses 2 and 4 (books are much longer and we don’t like reading enough to sustain focus), and pose another question: Slightly contrary to Cowen’s assumption, I can polish off fiction at a pretty absurd clip, […]

Good to see someone standing up and tamping down on the hysteria that the GOP will make Nancy Pelosi into some sort of Democratic albatross. When you live in DC and breathe politics, it’s easy to assume that the median American does relatively the same, and if they don’t actually know many congressional staffers, they […]