Ezra Klein

Shakes here… “Former Spokane Mayor James E. West, who opposed gay-rights bills but was recalled from office over an Internet gay sex scandal, died Saturday of complications from recent cancer surgery. He was 55.” I feel really sad about this. I had no love for Jim West, who abused his various positions of authority, including […]

By Neil the Ethical Werewolf The DNC has come out with its proposed changes to the primary schedule: Nevada will be the second caucus state, right after Iowa. South Carolina will be the second primary state, right after New Hampshire. So the first four primaries run IA-NV-NH-SC. It’s still to be seen how the bizarre […]

By Neil the Ethical Werewolf First, on the issue of adult vs. embryonic stem cells. Opponents of embryonic stem cell research often like to point out that embryonic stem cell research has never resulted in a new therapy while adult stem cell research has racked up lots of them. The explanation for this is simple: […]

By Neil the Ethical Werewolf After hearing Mark Schmitt talk about how Joe Lieberman has “virtually ensured his defeat in the primary” and getting a tip from Petey, I bet some money on Ned Lamont, with the hope of tripling it if he’s nominated. The next day, polls showed Lamont with a slight lead, while […]

Via Andrew Sullivan, this video makes me very, very, happy. If you’re interested, here’s more about the video’s joyful dancer, Matt. Update: And once you’re done with that, it’s really worth watching this response video.

Chris Muir’s response to Andrew Sullivan not only proffers up some homophobia of the most banal kind, but seems determined to paint an odd picture of heterosexuality as well. So far as I can tell, semi-hot girl and arty looking guy just finished coitus. And while dude is on his feet, girl is on her […]

Josh Marshall on Lieberman: I think the Lieberman skeptics are really on to something when they point out that in the Kondrackes and others there is this sense that for a well-liked-in-the-beltway senior pol like Lieberman to face a primary challenge is somehow a genuine threat to the foundations of the system. You’d think he […]

Over at the Drum Major Institute, Elana Levin flags down a great Washington Post story chronicling the Bush administration’s vow of silence and oath of inaction on poverty in America. At least they’re getting zen about it. As the article explains, that glorious post-Katrina speech when Bush mounted the podium to have his Lyndon Johnson […]

I was going to excerpt a substantial chunk of Ze’ev Schiff’s analysis of Israel’s actions, but there’s hardly a single word I could bear to cut out. It’s the best piece I’ve read on Israel’s accelerating overreach, though, and written by a guy with the credibility and background to authoritatively diagnose the problems. Read it.

I think it’s telling that Glenn Greenwald refuses to respond to allegations that he’s a fifth dimensional imp named Mr. Mxyzptlk. Update: Link fixed.