Monthly Archive: October 2012

Okay, this was outed in the comments on Will’s post, so I’ll just put it here where everyone can see. One of the reasons (there are several) that I have done so little posting...

We had a clear understanding. There was a scheduled c-section on Monday. It is apparently the case that not-quite-newborns don’t abide my mutual understandings. Heading to the hospital…

Now, for the low, low subscription price of $14 per year, you can get content from the League of Ordinary Gentlemen delivered to your doorstep on paper — as little as several days after...

Truth be told, I couldn’t tell them apart either…

Some tidbits from the past week or so. The Bank of Japan has declared it’s going to miss its 1% inflation goal, with real inflation being stuck somewhere between 0.5 – 0.8% for the...

Legends are more interesting and more attractive than the reality underneath them. And sometimes, things are said that inadvertently reveal a great deal more than the speaker intends. So, quoth Mitt Romney in last night’s debate: …I...

Because I’m feeling a bit churlish this morning, I’m inclined to go into nitpick mode. First, I’m a bit tired of people using the terms “embassy” and “consulate” as if they’re interchangeable and blithely making...

I’m not particularly “afraid” because of what happened in Libya.  I don’t imagine my way of life changing one bit. So why are we calling it terrorism?

If Republicans ever want to win the women vote, they really need to stop talking about women.  They are just terrible at it. One of the more surprising poll trends coming into last night’s...

While there are plenty of areas where I disagree with my side of the aisle, nothing stands out as much as the troubled relationship that conservatives have with science. This includes a refusal to...

Let me frame my observations with some disclosure: I would describe myself as a pro-commerce liberal. I favor workmen’s comp; I opposed mandatory employer-paid, non work-related disability insurance (required here in NYS). I oppose...

I keep getting ads written in Chinese….

Why I bothered to watch I don’t know. I filled out my absentee ballot and mailed it in yesterday. But I resolved to offer ten points for discussion about the debate tonight, and here...

Romney supported an Assaault Weapons Ban because both sides wanted it. Obama wants an Assault Weapons Ban because there are automatic weapons on our streets. *sigh*

Is this a great country or what? Via Drudge, natch. Enjoy the debate, open thread.

Recently, a print-only Jacobin article from Chris Maisano inspired a worthwhile discussion between Shawn Gude and Matt Yglesias over full employment, a “moderate idea with radical implications,” as Yglesias put it. (Mike Konczal had a good...