Ezra Klein

Steven Vincent was murdered in Iraq a bit over a year ago. He was a journalist traveling the countryside, neither embedded with the troops nor protected by his country. He sought to understand the war in an unmediated, ground-level fashion, and transmit his findings to us all. He was executed for his troubles. I didn’t […]

by Nicholas Beaudrot of Electoral Math I think Ed Kilgore’s compare-and-contrast piece on the primary challenges to Cynthia McKinney (D-GA4) and Joe Lieberman (D-CT) continues to overstate the importance of the blogofascists on the “angry left”. Total Actblue contributions to Lamont’s campaign amount to just under $300,000, which is less than ten percent of the […]

By Neil the Ethical Werewolf Sorry for not posting on non-Edwards topics, but I thought this was pretty cool. On the sidebar of the One America Blog, they have a chat room where John and Elizabeth can occasionally be found chatting. Recently when John popped in, the folk said that they wanted to hear him […]

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If I tell you that Claire Hoffman’s profile of Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis is one of the most chilling and explosive pieces of journalism I’ve ever read, will you believe me? Would I have to also say that the article begins with Francis literally assaulting Hoffman, to the degree that his bodyguard pulls […]

By Ezra Because I can’t leave well enough alone. Neil makes some good points below, but a few counters: • On Edwards: I’m a big fan of Johnny, but my enthusiasm is tempered by memories of the 2004 election, where I was astonished to watch Dick Cheney not only hold his own, but often chop […]

By Neil the Ethical Werewolf There’s been lots of good discussion about whether we should fear John McCain, and I’d have to dissent with Ezra and say that I’m not all that worried. Oh, I’d be worried if Hillary were still the likeliest nominee, but I don’t think that anymore after they changed the primary […]

Shakes here… At a certain point, I don’t particularly care if these blowhards are deliberately misrepresenting policies to obfuscate their appalling realities or if they’re just being alarmingly obtuse. The intentions cease to have any relevance when you say something this fucking dumb: “[W]e are turning our back on the middle-class and poor people in […]

By Neil the Ethical Werewolf The Democrats managed to pull of a filibuster Thursday night, shutting down the GOP attempt to cut the estate tax by tying it to a minimum wage increase. As Mike Caudle explains at the Edwards Blog, it wasn’t even a totally legit minimum wage increase — it would’ve reduced wages […]