I’ve found over the years that one of the principal challenges of opinion writing — in addition to consistently having original things to say — is being conscious enough of your own biases that you can make a strong case for your side that might possibly be persuasive to those who don’t already agree with […]
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Live-Tweeting the Debate
In case you missed it on The Prospect‘s Twitter feed, I will be live-tweeting the entire Republican presidential debate. Follow @jbouie, and enjoy insights, wit, and cringe-worthy quotes from the GOP candidates.
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Weiner’s Stealth Jihad
Juan Cole lays out Rep. Anthony Weiner‘s Islamist bonafides: 1. Called for Columbia University professor Joseph Massad to be fired for being critical of Israel; Weiner thus spearheaded a new McCarthyism. 2. On the Israeli attack, in international waters, on the Mavi Marmara relief ship, Weiner sputtered: “”If you want to instigate a conflict with […]
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Pawlenty Goes the Full Supply-Side
This morning in Manchester, New Hampshire (the site of tonight’s second Republican presidential debate), Tim Pawlenty made his economic pitch against the Obama administration, arguing for greater tax cuts and smaller government. Slate’s Dave Weigel attended the vent and afterwards asked the former Minnesota governor about his weekend claim that tax cuts “always produce an […]
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You Win Or You Die
[Obligatory, decade old spoilers alert] Yesterday on Game of Thrones, HBO did something that might come as a surprise to those who haven’t read George R.R. Martin‘s A Song of Ice and Fire series, or who just weren’t paying attention. They killed off the main character. I say “weren’t paying attention” because Ned Stark’s death […]
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The Campaign to Cut Government Waste: Efficiency Theater
Ah, waste, fraud, and abuse. Nobody likes those, do they? Of course not! That’s why the Obama administration is going to eliminate it. A lot of it. Just don’t ask exactly what. Or how. The White House [rolled out](http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/06/13/white-house-launches-campaign-cut-waste-vice-president-take-making-gover) its Campaign to Cut Government Waste this morning with a video that might have been advertising […]
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Why You Should Be Worried About The New FBI Investigation Guidelines
The New York Times Charlie Savage reports that the FBI is altering its own agency guidelines, relaxing rules about what sort of investigative tools can be used to gather information on a target before they are compelled to document the investigation. WASHINGTON — The Federal Bureau of Investigation is giving significant new powers to its […]
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Romneymentum
It’s heartening to see that folks are coming around to my argument that Michele Bachmann is going to be a formidable force in the Republican primaries, coming as it does at the same time that Mitt Romney is moving from “the closest thing there is to a front-runner” to “the front-runner.” A new Gallup poll […]
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Anthony Weiner, Secret Muslim
Jeffrey Goldberg notes that the Washington Times op-ed page, long a clearinghouse for the anti-Muslim paranoia of Frank Gaffney types, publishes a piece speculating that embattled New York Democratic Congressman Anthony Weiner may be a secret Muslim based on his marriage to Huma Abedin, an aide to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton: When looking broadly […]
