Senior correspondent Matthew Yglesias‘ blog at Think Progress is suffering from technical difficulties, so we’re featuring a guest post from him this morning. Welcome back to TAPPED, Matt: Perhaps the weirdest concession Ben Nelson extorted from his fellow Democrats was a few bonus years of 100 percent federal funding of Medicaid … but only for […]
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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.
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One Hot Mess
It isn’t called “global warming” for nothing. Hesitance from the United States to join the rest of the world in the fight against climate change could have far-reaching consequences.
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Obama Makes the Case for Attending Copenhagen
By lowering the expectations for what will be accomplished in the December meeting, the president has made a strong case for his own attendance.
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A Too Late Solution?
J Street’s first conference may have been a success, but prospects are still bleak for the two-state solution the organization wants.
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Beyond No-Fault Finance
Restoring stability and fairness requires thinking about the whole economy, not just Wall Street.
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Europe-a-Dope
The European Union is becoming ever stronger, and no one seems to care.
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A Problem of Olympic Proportions
When it comes to Copenhagen, we should worry less about the Olympics and more about the looming December climate summit.
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Hawks and a Hack Job
John McCain, Joe Lieberman, and Lindsay Graham all want the White House to commit more resources to Afghanistan. Too bad the senators don’t have any credibility on the issue.
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Sea Change of Japan?
Thanks to a landslide victory for Japan’s opposition party, the United States’ relationship with its Asian ally just became rather unpredictable.
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Fragments of the Afghan State
Today, Afghans cast their votes under the threat of violence. But even if the election goes smoothly, one day’s outcome should not be mistaken for sustained, effective governance.