Ezra Klein

Posted by Nicholas Beaudrot of Electoral Math Tony Vila has helpfully pointed out that I gave too much credit to Democratic leaning gerrymandering leading to the domination of the House of Representatives up until 1994. Remember, in the 1980s, Reagan Democrats were, well, Reagan Democrats. Today, they’re registered Republicans, or their children are. So up […]

By Pepper of the Daily Pepper Hey, Santa! Am I going to get what I wished for this holiday season? I know it is a little early and all, but I’ve been good this year! The blog world is a-twitter with high Fitzmas hopes. I sure hope that Fitzgerald reels off his indictments soon because […]

By Neil the Ethical Werewolf As Don Herzog points out, originalist views about judicial interpretation seem to suggest that it is: Article I, sec. 8 of the Constitution enumerates Congress’s powers; clauses 11-16 lay out war powers. We learn that Congress can establish an army and a navy. But there’s nary a syllable “in the […]

By Neil the Ethical Werewolf Sam and Matt say that it’s wrong to cast the Iraq war as a good idea ruined by Bush administration incompetence. They’re right about this – clear thinking about the deep ethnic divisions in Iraq, our insufficient troop deployment, and the difficulty of instituting democracy at gunpoint should have convinced […]

Posted by Nicholas Beaudrot of Electoral Math The esteemed Brad DeLong comes out in favor of confirming Harriet Miers, but makes, in my view, two critical errors [emphasis mine]: She is a hard working, intelligent, savvy lawyer with a strangefixation on George W. Bush. She has had the experience of making her way as a […]

By Pepper of the Daily Pepper Like a true Walton, Wal-Mart heiress Elizabeth Paige Laurie hired her roommate, Elena Martinez, to do her homework while she was studying at USC. She paid the roomie a cut rate ($20,000 total). It wasn’t even enough money for Martinez to stay enrolled in USC, but at least Laurie […]

Posted by Nicholas Beaudrot of Electoral Math Machiavellian liberals are stepping up their game and deciding that being the play-nice-party, while it may make you feel good, doesn’t necessarily help win elections. Ten months ago, Washington’s governor’s race was a dead heat. Theincumbent retired, and Dino Rossi (R) had made the best challenge tothe office […]

Sorry to those who feel unfairly maligned here, but Hannah Selinger’s point in this column is both right and overwhelmingly, unquestionably, important. No one should ever date another human being who uses “lol”. They must be weeded out of the gene pool. Sorry folks, I know you’re all good people, but you simply can’t be […]

The freedom of the press (to be complete hacks who regurgitate identical helpings of Republican propaganda) is very important for a healthy democracy. See?

Paul Starr, writing for the November issue of The American Prospect (an issue which also carries the distinction of my first appearance on the masthead), has a hell of an editorial on flu pandemics: in recent years, the United States allowed itself to become totally dependent on foreign manufacture of flu vaccine — sources that […]