Ezra Klein

Note to Dems — It’s like this and like this and like that, and uh. Update: I should probably say something more on this. Berry’s genius is in realizing that Bush is making an effective public play to seem reasonable, open-minded, and good-hearted concerning Social Security. He’s using Congress as cannon fodder, getting them to […]

Quoth Taegan Goddard: With yet another article on President Bush’s infatuation with Natan Sharansky’s The Case for Democracy, I’m beginning to think this is the only book he’s ever read. Heh. Indeed.

Dean’s got enough vote commitments to take the position. Rosenberg’s dropped out and endorsed him. Text after the jump.

Josh Marshall has the bad habit of mentioning something ultra-interesting and then shunting it off with a “more later…”, though anxious readers checking back later rarely discover more. Unfortunately, it seems his buddy Steve Clemons has seen Josh that trait and raised him a “thermonuclear exchange”. In context of a post on presidential speaking fees, […]

So Peter Beinart is taking a leave from TNR to expand his article “A Fighting Faith” into a book. You guys remember the piece, it called for a return to hawkish liberalism and a party purge of “softs” like Michael Moore. It pitted Democrat against Democrat and liberal against DLC’er. It did, one might say, […]

Wow. Strickland is either writing the epitaph of the extremist Republican leadership or the honorable Republicans in Congress. Check back in a few years to find out which.

Sen. Reid’s statement on Gonzales is eloquent and inspiring. It sits after the fold, and you should read it.

Matt’s a stalinist.

Sue’s post about goat singing, laughing uncontrollably, and doing so at inappropriate times is hilarious. What’s not so hilarious is when I do it. Mainly, that I seem to always do it. I don’t think I’ve attended a Yom Kippur or Rosh HaShanah service where a significant chunk of my time wasn’t spent convulsing in […]

From Today’s Papers at Slate: The Wall Street Journal does a “lessons learned” from the roughly 20 countries that have partially privatized their state pension systems. One: Don’t give workers too many choices; they’ll screw it up. Another: Going private can add lot of debt, helping to explode the economy. (See Argentina and Bolivia.)