Ezra Klein

By Neil the Ethical Werewolf Did you see the classic sex ed parody videos from the now-defunct “Technical Virgin” site a few years ago? If not, they’re still out there — on the internet, nothing funny ever dies — so go have yourself a look! It’s the weekend, so the fact that they’re borderline unsafe […]

Fellow straight girls, can we please agree that any man who has this in his bathroom will not get laid? I’m not talking about a guy who looks at that picture and thinks it’s ironically funny. I’m talking about a guy who looks at that picture and thinks it’s cool, then makes the effort to […]

Shakes here, with the shocking news — oh my stars and garters! — that another day brings another Bush administration attempt to do an end-run around the law. U.S. citizens suspected of terror ties might be detained indefinitely and barred from access to civilian courts under legislation proposed by the Bush administration, say legal experts […]

By Neil the Ethical WerewolfAs Ezra Klein’s Shabbos Goy, it falls to me to defend American Jews from Mona Charen’s post calling them “downright stupid.” She criticizes Jews for opposing Bush despite his being “indisputably the most pro-Israel president in decades.” She continues: For those who want a taste of what a Democratic administration would […]

So now that I know you guys have perpetuated the Iraq War through your cussing and unwillingness to realize the media prizes respectfully worded appeals to civic virtue, it’s time to come clean. What else have you done?

To follow up on my inequality post from earlier today, the new Employment Cost Index from the Bureau of Labor shows compensation falling behind inflation, which means that, in real terms, workers are making less money this year than they did last year. Indeed, according to new revisions from the GDP report, the average workers […]

Among the best of the new Times Select features are their “Talking Points,” long backgrounders penned by the editorial writers on all manner of major issues, from inequality to global warming. This week, Teresa Tritch published one on “The Rise of the Super-Rich,” explaining that “[i]ncome inequality used to be about rich versus poor, but […]

Lee Siegel — yes, that Lee Siegel, the one who calls folks fascists — writes: But it’s not exactly effectual to be sustained by what you hate. Politics is about persuading your adversary’s supporters to come to your side. It’s not about reassuring everyone on your side–under the guise of “thinking strategically”–that you and they […]

To follow up on Lindsay’s comments here, I think the whole question of whether Israel should have to “put up” with rocket attacks is something of a red herring. As it looks to me, there are really two questions: 1) Can they stop the rocket attacks? 2) If they can’t, what’s a reasonable course of […]

On The Weekly Standard‘s embarrassing coverage of the Santorum-Casey race, I’d posit that their mindless repetition of flack talking points actually has a purpose to it. A lot of folks, looking at Casey’s massive lead, lack of personal magnetism, and apparent weakness as a campaigner, think his strength is overstated. Many think Santorum’s comeback will […]