By • Mar 19,2009

Act first, ask questions later

I don’t really follow this, from Ezra Klein. He links to a Brad Plumer piece on cap and trade proposals leading to massive trade wars (he misleadingly titles the post...

By • Mar 19,2009

Sentences I didn’t finish

“Liberal blogger men are thrilled … ” Katha Pollitt, The Nation (I would posit that no one who views everything through a rigrorous lens of gender victimization is ever worth...

By • Mar 18,2009

Red Cross on CIA black sites

The editors of the WaPo comment on the recently revealed Red Cross report that describes US tactics at CIA-operated black sites as torture: “The allegations are familiar, yet some of...

By • Mar 18,2009

Yes, we watch Rachel Maddow

On Monday night, Maddow invited counterinsurgency expert John Nagl to discuss Afghanistan in her ‘Talk Me Down’ segment. Nagl is a retired lieutenant colonel who commanded an Army battalion in...

By • Mar 18,2009

The Jon Stewart Backlash?

Is it finally here? I’ll just say that I’m with Will, who’s with Tucker, in being annoyed by Jon Stewart: You know what? I’m just gonna say it: I’m bored...