Elias Isquith
Elias Isquith is a freelance journalist and blogger. He considers Bob Dylan and Walter Sobchak to be the two great Jewish thinkers of our time; he thinks Kafka was half-right when he said there was hope, "but not for us"; and he can be reached through the twitter via @eliasisquith or via email. The opinions he expresses on the blog and throughout the interwebs are exclusively his own.
Romney made news today, at least in the left-of-center blogosphere, with the claim that, “[N]o one in...
Responding to the tidal wave of criticism his recent, much-discussed, and epic freak-out inspired, Andrew Sullivan today offered...
I maintain that Barack Obama was terrible during last week’s debate and that many liberals — goaded on...
I’ve got an essay up this morning at The Atlantic about the ways Paul Ryan does — and doesn’t...
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jebDlVAcpGo] Perhaps the most commonly asked question in the wake of last night’s debate is, What...
The first thing that should be said before any estimation of tonight’s debate is that, historically, presidential...
Have you seen today’s David Brooks op-ed yet? It’s a little weird; but, then again, he’s been...
Conor Friedersdorf of The Atlantic has a widely read explanation of why he cannot, on moral grounds,...
Yesterday the international law clinics of NYU and Stanford released an in-depth study of drone strikes in...
Of all the punditocracy’s many responses to Romney’s instant-classic 47 percent comments (it was a “gaffe” only...
There’s a lot to say about Obama’s speech last night — besides the fact that, yes, as...
The must-read piece of the day is by Tom Edsall of The New York Times and it concerns...
It’s too soon to render a definitive judgment, but I’ve got to hand it to Romney-Ryan: So...
Greg Sargent published an interesting report yesterday from Colorado, where he’s been doing some old fashioned journamalism...
By now, most of us have accepted that one of the central premises of Obama’s 2008 campaign...
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj70XqOxptU] If there’s anyone out there who still worries Barack Obama may not have the mettle...
An ocean of digital ink has already been spilled in search of discovering the “real” Mitt Romney;...
If it’s within 72 hours since the latest job report, that means it’s time for centrist and...
Relying heavily on Nate Silver’s indispensable blog at the New York Times, Michael Tomasky sticks his neck out...
