11 December 2010

Once again, Krugman is proven correct

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He was absolutely on the money when he warned in this January 2009 NYT commentary that Obama's initial fiscal stimulus package didn...
08 December 2010

I come across the French quite a lot

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Officially, I usually take issue with their views. On a different level - the one that perhaps is more important - I concede that they are ...
04 December 2010

Twilight and the tyranny of numbers

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Three books out writing the epitaph for America's leading role on the world stage . One of them - the last of the three reviewed , The ...

The right take . . .

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. . . my bet is people will look back upon the American imperium as relatively benign , Bush/Cheney excepted (who not-so-coincidentally will...
23 November 2010

Ooo! Ooo! Ooo! . . . I can't believe I missed this!

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Thank you, Salon : We're listing the worst columnists and cable news commentators America has to offer. Think of this as our all-sta...

Ya think?

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Froomkin : History is likely to judge Bush most harshly for two things in particular: Launching a war against a country that had not attack...
21 November 2010

More Reasons Not to be Thankful

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Yes, I'm glad just not to have Bush or McCaine or Palin in the White House. I guess that's what Obama is counting on, because on the...
17 November 2010

Another Epic Media Fail

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. . . they are hopeless .
22 October 2010

And Tony and Dubbya will still say it was all worth it

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Yes, Saddam was very bad man . . . shall we ask the dead if they agree ? Late update: sorry - 79,000 dead is laughably low. Just hilarious.
25 July 2010

Could not agree more . . .

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I am so glad Karl Rove doesn't want the Iraq war to be left down deep in the memory hole: like Josh, I welcome Karl's urge for re-ex...
19 June 2010

The more I read . . .

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. . . the more I like . Even as a Supreme Court newbie, Kagan showed remarkable sophistication and prescience . . .
08 June 2010

Drill, baby, drill!

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It's all about progress . . .
07 June 2010

Fair-reading

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Souter speaks . . . finally.
03 June 2010

"Time to exchange the winter dirt for some fresh summer dirt in that sandbag she calls a mind"

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- taken from a comment on another blog. Pretty infantile, I know, but not as infantile as when the rock star of the Right blames the "...
30 May 2010

I'm afraid Frank has missed the point

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I like Frank Rich - the way he steps back to afford a view of the bigger picture - but this article , as good as it is, fails to call the Ob...
22 May 2010

Ted Hearts Bison

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On balance I think people should lighten up and let Ted continue with this - I think it's pretty cool and should be encouraged. The id...
10 May 2010

Me like what me see . . .

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While some aspects of her oeuvre are not great (e.g., I worry that her rejection of judicial activism won't extend to the masturbatory r...

Obama picks a uniter, not a divider

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Interesting track record at Harvard - Obama's tacking to the middle . Not sure she'll be able to do much to forge a consensus among...
09 May 2010

What in the world is the Guardian smoking?

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It's so over for Gordon, I don't care what drugs are making the Guardian suggest it isn't . I, too, recently believed that the ...
08 May 2010

These are starting to resurface

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It was the taxi-driver's story that made me sick . . . let's see if Obama's Justice Department continues its campaign to keep j...