As I’m sure most of you have noticed by now, I write (and think!) a fair amount...
Jamelle
In light of Max Baucus’ now circulating health care bill, Josh Marshall asks if he is “the...
The New York Times – as is its wont – has a pretty good editorial on the...
Michael Gerson is entitled to his belief that the war in Afghanistan is a strategic necessity, but...
The thing that bothers me most about this New York Times piece on the efficacy of sex...
As I explained a while back, the reconciliation process can only be used to pass bills that...
With rifle-toting protesters showing up at various rallies and town halls around the country, there’s been a...
What Dylan said. And Annie Laurie too. Also, if you have the time, you should check out...
One of the nice things about transitioning out of academic life and into professional life (if only...
Of the four or five thinkers who have had the greatest impact on my thinking, I would...
Via Pandagon: Democrats are choosing to “go it alone” without the country if they opt to pass...
Charlie Cook, of Cook Political Report fame, is very good at what he does, and when he...
At the risk of boring everyone with arcane institutional trivia (which I’m sure I did with the...
Among many – many – other things, I wish political commentators would stop explaining away our near-constant...
I’m sure someone has already made this point, but if you take the idea of a “death...
On my twitter feed (which you should follow, by the way), a friend asks what I think...
It’s the same deal as last week folks: I choose a song from my iTunes library, run...
Marc Ambinder is right to say that vacuous, unintelligible outrage is kind of a bad strategy as...
