As a few rather clever journalists (Jonathan Chait and Greg Sargent come immediately to mind) have long...
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.
Before turning to the issues of the day, I’d like to highlight this — my favorite study...
When it comes to the politics of climate change, there’s one question I’ve never been able to...
Prestige political journalism is so frequently brain-dead or bankrupt, it’s worthwhile to note those occasions when someone...
Recently, Doug J highlighted a supremely depressing Washington Post article on resurgent poverty in America, and John flagged...
Throughout the campaign, Mitt Romney’s go-to response to criticism of his tenure as CEO of Bain Capital...
I don’t often follow one story exclusively for more than a couple of posts, but I’ve focused...
Ever since Mother Jones‘ David Corn and Talking Points Memo’s Josh Marshall dug up some near-decade-old Security and...
Josh Marshall’s got a potentially big scoop for the 2012 campaign, one that could make Mitt Romney’s summer even...
Even before he was inaugurated, the so-called Bush Tax Cuts (BTCs) of 2001 and 2003 loomed over...
Finding the perfect middle ground between saying too much and looking like you’ve something to hide: From...
The economic indicators as of late have been discouraging, so the winner of this year’s Presidential election is still...
I’m going to go out on a limb here and guess that you’ve by now read Jan...
Another day, another series of reasons to bury the rag deep in your face when it comes to American...
News on the economy today and it’s looking increasingly like the happy surprises which characterized the end...
Credit where it’s due — this, from the Weekly Standard‘s Jay Cost, is on-the-money: I would say that...
I wanted to flag this before it became too much Old News. Andrew Sullivan, still a self-described...
Tom Ricks thinks so: Since the end of the military draft in 1973, every person joining the...
Mark Kleiman thinks the recently announced decision by Gov. Romney to give the commencement address at Jerry...
