I realize that picking on Broder has become a predictable pass-time for bloggers, and as a result I usually do my best to avoid joining in. But this week I... [More]
September 9, 2007
September 12, 2007
Misunderstanding Freedom of Speech
The First Amendment applies to the government, not civil society. If E!, a private cable TV network, doesn't want to broadcast someone's comments, they don't have to. It really is... [More]
September 14, 2007
Enlarging the Sphere
Steve Bennen and Kos highlight today an example of one of the worst tendencies in modern journalism. In the interest of time and space, journalists paraphrase politicians. And that would... [More]
September 15, 2007
Time to Beat Up on Broder Again
Right out of the gate he makes a major and entirely avoidable mistake: Now that the president has endorsed the Petraeus-Crocker plan for Iraq, it is worth noting one exchange... [More]
September 16, 2007
Junk Science Journalism
I really do expect more from the Sunday Times Magazine than this. The cover story this week is on the science of epidemiology, and the tease on the cover made... [More]
September 19, 2007
Welcome Back NYT!
What better way to celebrate the re-emergence of the NYT columnists into the free world than to pick on Thomas Friedman? The man has one idea: the world is changing.... [More]
September 20, 2007
OMG! Paul Krugman Is A Vituperative Blogger!
I had a felling that Paul Krugman's new NYT blog was going to be good. But I had no idea it was going to be this good this fast. Take... [More]
Simply Nonsensical
Time to beat up Broder again. Sometimes I think the man doesn't read his own stuff. Bipartisanship is wonderful! Moderation is the best! If only everyone could get along! Don't... [More]
The Effect of Dynasty
Blumenthal @ Salon on Draper's take on Bush: Draper's unusual access enabled him to collect valuable anecdotes as well as to put a microphone in front of a president who,... [More]
Returning to Reality
I was planning on commenting today on David Brook's latest love letter to SecDef Gates, but it looks like Greg D beat me to it. First, Brooks: Robert Gates has... [More]
September 21, 2007
Simple Questions, Simple Answers
One of Josh Marshall's TPM readers asks a very important question here. Last night, news broke that the FBI had been taping phone calls placed to the senior Republican in... [More]
It's Not Just Rudy
Kevin Drum makes an important point here. More often than not, when Rudy speaks, he makes it clear that he doesn't actually know what he is talking about. Today's tax... [More]
Oh My.
There is literally nothing a conservative commentator can say that will get them in trouble. There is literally no line they can cross that would end their career. It just... [More]
The Seeds of Anti-Semitism? Hardly.
I usually avoid the whole "power of the Israeli lobby" debate, but today's WaPo column by Michael Gerson is so stupid that I have no choice but to respond. First,... [More]
September 22, 2007
Great Moments In Headline Writing
WaPo: Obama's Challenge: Gain Lead in Polls Well...duh!... [More]
September 24, 2007
If You Disagree With the President, You Must Be A Democrat
This isn't a new phenomenon. For years now, anyone on the right who has stood up to oppose the president has been declared an outcast, a traitor, and - gasp!... [More]
Krugman Gets Blogs
Imagine if more of the newspapers used blogs like this: Since I’ve just published an op-ed about the enduring influence of race on Southern voting, I’m sure to be accused... [More]
September 25, 2007
Hilarity
This is pretty hilarious. Bill O'Reilly has spent all week railing against Columbia for inviting Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to speak. The thing is...O'Reilly also invited Ahmadinejad on his show,... [More]
September 26, 2007
But What About Rudy? [Updated: And Norm?!?]
George Will spends his entire column today excoriating the NYT for giving MoveOn.org an illegal discount for its recent controversial ad. Amazingly, Will makes it through the entire article without... [More]
Headline of the Day
McClatchy: Bush astounds activists, supports human rights What an unbelievably sad day for America that one of the nation's largest media chain could legitimately run an article with this headline.... [More]
September 27, 2007
More Evidence of a Bursting Bubble
NYT: Purchases of new homes fell to an annual rate of 795,000, an 8.3 percent decline from July, as inventory levels rose to their highest level since March, the Commerce... [More]
Bill Kristol Makes Prediction
This (via TPM) is the best news I've gotten all day, maybe even all week: Bill Kristol watched last night's Democratic debate, and he now says the odds are 2... [More]
The Myth of Moral Hazards
I noticed this in today's NYT article about the GM-UAW deal, too. Kevin Drum explains the NYT's nonsense here. I begin to answer his question over on the blog for... [More]
September 28, 2007
Quote of the Day
Katie Couric: Is it my job to go over and say this war is terrible and withdrawal is necessary? I don’t necessarily think that is the case. … I don’t... [More]
BU's Bacevich Throws Down
In The American Conservative, no less Sycophant Savior General Petraeus wins a battle in Washington—if not in Baghdad. by Andrew J. Bacevich In common parlance, the phrase “political general” is... [More]
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