Ezra Klein

Hey! I know this guy! Less self-referentially (and my smile was not smug!), this struck me as a pretty sound explanation of the differences between print and journalism work: Rubin, fifty, epitomizes the old-school print reporter who has found the leap to Web journalism intoxicating. A nineteen-year veteran of the Inquirer, he writes a very […]

From The New Yorker‘s capsule review of Norbit: Though less than the sum of its parts, the movie is, even when not quite funny, nothing less than virtuosic—and if there’s any justice in pop culture, it should coin a new catchphrase: “How you doin’?” Uh, New Yorker? That catchphrase has been around for a decade […]

Bob Reich makes a crucial point: Employers say a simple up-or-down vote, such as featured in the House bill, would allow pro-union workers to intimidate their co-workers. They argue for the more elaborate secret ballot. They say a secret ballot is essential to democracy. But they’ve got it wrong. Workplaces aren’t democracies. Employers have the […]

The rich. They’re just not like you and me — they’re so very much richer: Mr. Ellison’s net worth last year was around $16 billion. And it will probably be much bigger when the list comes out in a few weeks. With $16 billion and a 10 percent rate of return, Mr. Ellison would need […]

Okay, Julian, that’s pretty awesome. But did you know Optimus Prime is Jewish?

As Genevieve argues, the Bush administration’s post-election neutering has led them to redouble their efforts to cause havoc by way of executive orders. What that mainly means is screwing with the country’s regulatory structure, tilting it towards business and away from consumer protections. So now, an administration political appointee* rather than career civil servant has […]

Okay, Conservapedia does sound pretty hilarious.

Generally, when I speak about universal health care, I’m implicitly including universal dental care, as the idea that the health of your teeth is somehow separate from the health of your joints seems self-evidently ridiculous. Maybe I need to be more clear: Twelve-year-old Deamonte Driver died of a toothache Sunday. A routine, $80 tooth extraction […]

I’m unconvinced by the mortality data in here, at least as it relates to the present day, but there’s no doubt that a primary role of programs like Medicare is to simply insulate individuals from financial ruin. Indeed, I’ve never thought the health benefits are the most important reason to extend coverage to the uninsured […]

I want to direct you to EPI’s Jared Bernstein in the comments of the think tank discussion. I noticed a lot of folks casually claiming that EPI is a “tool” of the unions or deriding it as some sort of biased — and thus untrustworthy — organization. There’s no doubt that EPI has a slant. […]