Ezra Klein

Hi, this is Matthew Holt from The Health Care Blog, and I’ll be writing a few articles about health care, (which may be somewhat crossposted from my blog) and taking the odd rare opportunity to rant about other subjects of my choosing here too. I will (as instructed by Ezra) be writing later in the […]

(So, I’ve been requested to being everyone up to speed on the Downing Street Memos. Well, here goes…) Since 9/11, President Bush has positioned himself as the best, if not only person, with the wherewithal to protect America from terrorists. He has used the nebulous “War on Terror” to justify everything from the encroachment on […]

Hi everybody–I’m Scott from Lawyers, Guns & Money. Many thanks to Ezra for allowing me to post at his terrific blog, and to have included me in such a distinguished group of writers. I thought I would make a few extremely wonky posts about democracy and judicial power, while relying on the other fine guest […]

I’m taking a week off, heading up to the mountains with the girlfriend. Sadly, this’ll actually make the site much better. Filling in will be: • Scott Lemieux, an assistant professor of political science at Hunter College and one of the excellent bloggers helming Lawyers, Guns and Money; • The Jew, who writes the smart […]

In the week’s most underblogged story (wherefore art thou, Democracy Arsenal?), the Iranian elections are rapidly hurtling towards the nightmare scenario. The reformers have been demolished, though it’s uncertain whether that’s by voter rejection or fraud, and what’s left is unsavory at best, dangerous at worst. When the polls first closed, the government announced that […]

The full moon is out, and I’m about to change into my werewolf form and run off into the night, performing various ethical deeds. But while I’m still a mild-mannered philosopher, let me point anyone interested in political philosophy to Elizabeth Anderson’s latest post. It contrasts two kinds of freedom — freedom as non-interference and […]

Yeah yeah, not the most credible source, but if true…

David Brooks’ paean to the pre-Senate Bill Frist is a puzzling piece of work. I mean, I’m as glad as the next guy that Frist broke off his engagement, has loyal friends, and wrote an occasionally self-critical memoir, but really, who cares? Since hitting the Senate chambers, He’s been such a stunning flop, such a […]

The first time I saw the “What Happens in Gitmo Stays in Gitmo” T-shirts, I thought some liberal group was selling them to call attention to prisoner abuse and to the government’s ability to control the news flow out of Guantanamo. Furthermore, anything that makes people more aware of the existence of Guantanamo hurts Bush […]