Ezra Klein

By Ankush The new issue of Foreign Affairs features a great essay by Ray Takeyh calling for détente with Iran. By virtue of limitations of time (on television) and space (in print), it is rare to see such a lucid piece on Iran that deals thoughtfully with all of the complexities of our current predicament. […]

For a variety of reasons, I’m rapidly warming to Obama. Any political leader who can turn out 20,000 Americans, well, something really special is going on over there, and I hope he has the courage and conviction to turn it into something transformative.

By Nicholas Beaudrot of Electoral Math Joe Lieberman (CFL-CT) resigning from the senate, leading Gov. Jodi Rell (R-CT) to appoint a Republican. Democrats control veto-proof majorities in the State House and State Senate in the Nutmeg State, and would thus call for a special election in short order to vault AG-for-life Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) into […]

By Neil the Ethical Werewolf If hindsight helps you see better, it can also make you forget how bad your vision was in the past. I see this happening with many of my friends on the left who forget how horrible our state of information was in October 2002 during the Iraq War Resolution. Michael […]

I know I’m a rare defector from the belief that consumers all shop at Wal-Mart out of a deep-seated ideological affection for the company’s labor practices, but even I’m surprised to see them coming dead last in a survey of consumer satisfaction. They’re below the insurance industry! Relatedly, I was at an AEI event on […]

Markos’s brief against Dennis Kucinich is pretty awesome. My favorite, though, is this excerpt from one of Little D’s speeches supporting his Department of Peace: Spirit merges with matter to sanctify the universe. Matter transcends to return to spirit. The interchangeability of matter and spirit means the starlit magic of the outermost life of our […]

Hillary Clinton’s mafioso theory of donor management may have been workable when she looked like an overpowering juggernaut and was simply codifying her fait accompli, but now that Obama’s in and proving himself a serious, attractive competitor, my guess is she’s just going to piss people off. Moreover, the folks she’s freezing out for “hedging […]

How does Tom Vilsack dropping out make you feel?

I know we’re all supposed to be getting ready to attack Iran and being really concerned that their nuclear program has accelerated to a speed that’s still slower than we thought, but it may be time to notice that the regime is desperately trying to negotiate if only we would give them a face-saving way […]

I really never expected an episode of The Show with Ze Frank would transition into a long exegesis of Robert Putnam’s Bowling Alone, but there it is. Oh, and fun Bowling Alone fact: The article that led to the book was published in the The American Prospect way back when and commissioned by my comrade […]