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I’ve been trying to decide whether or not to link to Krugman’s column today. On the one hand, it’s a nice restatement of the liberal position on health care. On the other, it’s pretty simplistic — you guys have heard this before. But it does inadvertently make a point that needs to be said louder. […]

In one of the weirdest stories I’ve ever read, Matt Drudge is reporting that Ed Klein’s upcoming, hatchet-job-to-end-all-hatchet-jobs alleges that Bill Clinton raped Hillary to conceive Chelsea. Huh. Putting aside the fact that Hillary was one of the most liberated women of her generation and would be about as likely to accept forcible assault as […]

You guys should all check out Mnemosyne’s Playground. She was one of the best commentors at Pandagon, and her blog is shaping up just as good.

I couldn’t disagree more with Matt’s casual acceptance of voucher schools as a way to increase funding for parochial schools. He seems to present it as an issue of choice — this lets parents choose what sort of school to send their children to. But that’s not exactly true, it’s the subsidization of certain choices […]

I have to agree with James Hamilton: it’s time to repeal McCain-Feingold. I’d much rather have parties absorbing unlimited contributions than watch the funding get sucked up by unaccountable, unknowable 527’s. Parties and campaigns can, at the least, be held accountable. 527’s, on the other hand, are just hatchet men, called in for the dirty […]

Matt makes a good point on Dean: Obviously, anyone in politics needs to pay some attention to whatkind of press they get. Even the importance of this can be overstated,but the trap you really don’t want to fall into is of caring whether ornot this segment of media figures likes or respects you. Some Republicans […]

I’m getting back into using the miniblog, so make sure to take a look at it now and again. Lots of interesting stuff that I’ve no angle to comment on but should nevertheless be widely read.

There’s a new wrinkle in the Downing Street Memo saga, and Shakespeare’s Sister has the scoop.

This gem comes from the June 10th briefing: As I said, the President is always willing to workwith those who want to find common ground, and try to get things doneand work in a constructive way. And part of that means focusing on howwe can all elevate the discourse. The President has elevated thediscourse. The […]

If, as the AP is speculating, Sen. John Cornyn gets nominated for the Supreme Court, he’d better watch his back. After all, just a few months ago there was this guy — a Senator, no less! — named John Cornyn arguing that it’s totally understandable for folks to just be cappin’ judges. So Cornyn be […]