THE SWEET SMELL OF FEDERALISM. It seems that the “Senate passed legislation Tuesday that would make it a federal crime to help an under-age girl escape parental notification laws by crossing state lines to obtain an abortion.” This is the sort of thing we can look forward to if Roe and Casey are overturned or […]
Matthew Yglesias
Matthew Yglesias is a senior editor at the Center for American Progress Action Fund, a former Prospect staff writer, and the author of Heads in the Sand: How the Republicans Screw Up Foreign Policy and Foreign Policy Screws Up the Democrats.
Follow @mattyglesias
Posted inArticle
MORE SHOES.
MORE SHOES. The dog that hasn’t really barked yet in Iraq is the Turkey-Kurdistan conflict. One of the most-warned-against “things go bad” scenarios before the war was that Iraqi Kurdistan might become a base for anti-Turkish operation in Turkish Kurdistan, prompting Turkey to intervene militarily in Iraq. So far, lots and lots of things have […]
Posted inArticle
THE SECOND, AS FARCE.
THE SECOND, AS FARCE. Israel announced plans to re-occupy a strip of southern Lebanon. This is ill-advised. Israel ceased occupying a strip of southern Lebanon just a few years ago and with good reason. What’s more, re-occupation will alter the whole political context in adverse ways. Syria now has its rationale for involvement in Lebanon […]
Posted inArticle
THE GIULIANI MIRAGE.
THE GIULIANI MIRAGE. If you’re interested in a little pure political analysis, I really recommend Kate O’Beirne‘s National Review article on exactly how dim Rudy Giuliani‘s odds of winning the GOP presidential nomination are. If you compare the views of New York City residents, where Bush got a pathetic 24.7 percent of the vote in […]
Posted inArticle
WHY MORE GRADUATES?
WHY MORE GRADUATES? All right, let’s follow up since commenters never agree with my college-skepticism. For starters, let me say I have no objection to increasing the number of college graduates in the United States. One thing I do worry about, though, is this. Right now a hefty proportion of kids do go to college. […]
Posted inArticle
DEMOCRATS BEHAVING BADLY.
DEMOCRATS BEHAVING BADLY. It seems to me that the Senate Democratic caucus have started playing a small-but-destructive role in our Iraq policy. It started with the demagogic denunciations of Nouri al-Maliki‘s perfectly reasonable amnesty plan for Iraqi insurgents. Such a plan would be a necessary component of any Iraqi national reconciliation scheme, but Democrats saw […]
Posted inArticle
FREEDOM-HATING, NOW MORE THAN EVER.
FREEDOM-HATING, NOW MORE THAN EVER. Cato�s David Boaz is none too happy that even Hillary Clinton and the moderate DLC proposed some new government programs that involve spending money to help people. Nor would he be much of a libertarian if he thought otherwise. But then he offers this pearl of political advice: “There are […]
Posted inArticle
Friendly Advice
It’s usually best in the American context to keep one’s criticisms of Israel polite and measured, but there are times when it’s better to be blunt in the hopes of achieving clarity. Israel’s current war in Lebanon is strategically blinkered and morally obtuse. The idea that the United States or American Jews […]
Posted inArticle
FARM SUBSIDY FREE FOR ALL.
FARM SUBSIDY FREE FOR ALL. There’s something very odd about the way the Doha Round of WTO talks have collapsed in an orgy of recriminations over agricultural protectionism. The essence of the issue is that poor countries were demanding that rich countries reduce their level of farm subsidies if they wanted poor countries to make […]
Posted inArticle
DUAL LOYALTIES. David…
DUAL LOYALTIES. David Gelernter wonders why American Jews don’t like George W. Bush more in light of his strong support for Israeli policy. That�s a somewhat complicated issue, no doubt. But note here that were I to say Gelernter’s thinking on American Israel policy seems driven by “dual loyalties,” he would no doubt condemn me […]
