Silver on Opt-Out Public Option
Br. Nate likes the Tom Carper (D-Del) plan for a state opt-out version of the public option. Sounds workable to me (especially if added with the Ron Wyden Free Choice Amendment) and seems to...
Daily Archive: October 8, 2009
True/Slant
[UPDATE – In true, tail-between-legs fashion, I have walked back significantly from this post here. I didn’t do my homework, and I overstated my case.] I have to admit, I’m not a big fan...
Our Northern European Future, continued
To respond briefly to Jamelle’s response to my response to his response to Ross Douthat’s latest column (got that?), I think he’s right that thorough-going campaign finance reform would solve a lot of structural...
Free Trade and Taxes – Denmark Edition
Matt Yglesias is in Denmark. I can sort of travel vicariously by blogging about Denmark as well, so here we go…. Not surprisingly, the Danes have very high taxes: The overwhelming fact about Danish...
This Is Newsworthy…How, Exactly?
So, during the election campaign Hollywood liberals liked Obama and donated some money to his campaign. A year later several of those Hollywood liberals, who combined donated a whopping $34,000 to Obama, sign a...
I hear tweet tracking is a growth industry
Memo to The Atlantic: I am totally available if you need more people to transcribe twitter feuds.
Unite, Bloggers of the World, Unite!
I can think of only one reason not to join in on the boycott of Ralph Lauren jeans, and that’s just the fact that I don’t buy Ralph Lauren jeans in the first place.
