By • Jan 30,2009

Opposition

Yuval Levin has a smart post up about the House Republican reaction to the stimulus bill: When they manage to unify the entire House Republican caucus with David Brooks and...

By • Jan 30,2009

Dept. of funny typos

Matt Yglesias: Just about everywhere, you need a special license of some kind to see booze. [emp mine] Good lord! I break the law every single time I walk past...

By • Jan 29,2009

Atmospheric Hacking

Wired has an interesting write-up of a study comparing the potential of various “climate hacks”–that is, geoengineering schemes for dealing with climate change. These “hacks” essentially fall into two categories:...

By • Jan 29,2009

I can't tell if he's joking…

Over at The Plank, they linked to Jon Chait’s 1997 story about Chait’s evening as a coat checker at the Omni Shoreham during a trio of inaugural balls. In it,...