I know I promised I wouldn't have time to blog this week. I don't. But I did have time to read this speech delivered by Obama today in Chicago, and... [More]
October 2, 2007
October 5, 2007
Ezra Klein: Man on Fire
This post by Ezra is so spot on, so perfect, I have nothing to add. Please, go. Read. Now. I, meanwhile, cannot at this moment write to save my life.... [More]
Quote of the Day
No comment necessary on this one: “Why do we wear pins? Because our country is under attack!” Sean Hannity, for the record, just won his second Marconi Award. Because clearly... [More]
October 6, 2007
Fact of the Day
Paul Krugman: Over the whole of the Clinton administration, the economy added 22.7 million jobs – 237,000 per month. Over the whole of the Bush administration to date, the economy... [More]
October 10, 2007
No Time For Blogging, But...
My written comprehensive exams are over, but my oral defense is not. That comes tomorrow at 3:30pm. Until then, radio silence is necessary. But before I go, one question. Last... [More]
October 12, 2007
A Background on the S-CHIP Debate
For those of you who haven't been following the debate closely, Jonathan Cohn provides an excellent background here, as does Ezra Klein here\. If you prefer your update in video... [More]
Sub-Prime Fallout Coming...Better Duck!
FP Passport has an interesting update on the sub-prime mortgage mess. Two parts worth passing along: There is a widely held belief in the United States that the fallout from... [More]
CATO Bait-And-Switch
More nonsense from CATO, this time thanks to the NYT. From the very same article linked to at the end of my last post on our disappearing middle class, the... [More]
"Nice Shot, Nino"
I'm a PoliSci ABD, so it's required that I find this funny:... [More]
October 22, 2007
What He Said (Updated)
I'm posting this entry from Matt Yglesias here in full so that I don't forget tomorrow (when I start blogging again. ahem) to comment on it: Brian Beutler on the... [More]
October 23, 2007
They Really Will Say Anything...
Rudy, in the Boston area today: "I'm rooting for the Red Sox." Rudy, for those who don't know, is quite famously a lifelong Yankees fan. A lifelong Yankees fan rooting... [More]
October 24, 2007
Wildfires in California? Blame al Qaeda!
I know this really shouldn't surprise me at this point, but it does. The hosts of the FoxNews morning show actually suggested that al Qaeda might be behind the wildfire... [More]
Number of the Day
$2.4 Trillion. That's the projected cost of the war in Iraq. $700 billion of that is interest on the debt required to fund the war. That's right, by itself the... [More]
October 25, 2007
Quote of the Day II
G'Kar @ Obsidian Wings: The sooner people realize that critical thinking is an asset rather than a liability, the better off we will all be. It's good out of context.... [More]
Does the President Even Know Where Guantanamo Is?
After reading this story, I'm fairly certain the answer is "no." The six relatives of Cuban dissidents flanked President Bush in the chandeliered Benjamin Franklin hall at the State Department... [More]
Drawing the Line
It appears that Senate Dems are drawing a line that cannot be crossed. It's sad that I'm not fully convinced they will defend it to the end, but I'm not... [More]
October 30, 2007
Strange Definitions
In an otherwise perfectly admirable post detailing the efforts of some Americans to stand up and defend the rule of law, Andrew Sullivan makes a rather ridiculous claim: Many of... [More]
Consumer Confidence Plummets
The NYT, in words: Home prices dropped again in August and consumer confidence remained at the lowest level in two years, reinforcing investors’ bleak expectations for the economy, a new... [More]
Defining Torture
Michael Mukasey, Bush's nominee for Attorney General, has finally provided his follow-up answer on the legal status of waterboarding: President Bush's nominee for attorney general told the Senate Judiciary Committee... [More]
Quote of the Day II
Joe Biden wins the contest for best one-line at tonight's debate: "Rudy Giuliani, he only uses three words in a sentence: A noun, a verb, and 9/11."... [More]
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