Ezra Klein

By Ezra For those interested in events beyond our own borders, the Washington Post has an interesting article on Junichiro Koizumi, Japan’s Prime Minister, who recently dissolved his own party to eject the hardliners and has embarked on an ambitious — to say the least — program of privatizing most everything in Japan, starting with […]

Shakes here… Regarding Ezra’s post yesterday on the increasingly appalling poll numbers Bush is getting these days, and the quite evident widespread dissatisfaction with his performance, I’ve noticed that the words resignation, impeachment, and recall are starting to pop up more and more frequently. Brad DeLong has started ending many of his posts with “Impeach […]

By Pepper Americans, particularly the middle classes, have always had a certain fondness for British royalty. We love them so much that we put them on our magazine covers, celebrate their second marriages on the cable-news channels, and worry about the state of society if they dress in offensive costumes. We love Diana so much […]

Posted by Nicholas Beaudrot of Electoral Math Let’s play a game: try to find the most unbelievably callous, bone-headed, thing that anyone has said about Hurricane Katrina and it’s aftermath. We’ll have two divisions; the “elected offical” division and the “conservative pundit/news personality” division. I nominate this gem from Tom Delay: The congressman likened their […]

Via Singer, the latest AP poll shows the American people waking up, grumpily rubbing the sleep from their eyes, and telling Bush to get the hell off their lawn: Overall, do you approve, disapprove or have mixed feelings about the way George W. Bush is handling his job as President? Strongly Approve 20 (23)
Somewhat Approve […]

FEMA Chief Michael Brown is leaving to spend some more time with his family/the horses/people who like him. He’ll be replaced by Thad Allen, the Coast Guard Vice Admiral who’s been overseeing Katrina relief efforts.

The NY Times has released their new State of Iraq chart and oh what little difference a year makes. This one compares across Augusts (so August 03, August 04, August 05) on a variety of markers. Some of the findings: • Of the three Augusts, 05 was the deadliest for US troops. Last month had […]

Via Matt, Jonah Goldberg’s making some very, very strange points: I feel a bit sorry for liberals when it comes to Nancy Pelosi. I think among leading Democrats of the last decade or so, she inspires the least respect from her ideological enemies, and deservedly so. Oh dear God. This coming from a guy whose […]

I’ll second that: Ogged for FEMA head! He’s overqualified!

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