Category: politics
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Excellent headline explaining why we’re headed for the next Great Depression
Bravo, Paul Krugman! “The Invisible Bond Vigilantes Continue Their Invisible Attack” Could we call this the phantom menace? 🙂 The Invisible Bond Vigilantes Continue Their Invisible Attack
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Ethics and Economics in Journalism
Via Ezra Klein, a well-argued piece by Timothy Lee on the recent flap over the forced resignation of Dave Weigel from The Washington Post. If none of those names mean anything to you, then this is unlikely to be very interesting… Lee’s thesis is that reportorial objectivity is more a function of the economies of…
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The first truly honest campaign ad of the season
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gwr8KJO0Fc I possess a sort of socialpathic narcississism. … in this beautiful state that I’ve grown to love, since I moved here… 18 months ago. All of my motives are ulterior. Vote Clint Webb!
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The conservative contradiction
In reflecting on Rand Paul and his ever-changing principles, the Lexington Herald-Ledger makes an interesting point about all the small-government types. Perhaps it says less about the ranters who are leveraging widespread dissatisfaction into cynical grasps for office, and more about the contradiction lodged deep within democracy itself. In fairness, many of us are guilty…
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The President and the Ring
I hate to turn into just a site that reposts The Daily Show but sometimes they’re spot on. The continued failure of President Obama to live up to his pre-election rhetoric on the rule of law is the most galling development of his administration. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p /…
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Beautiful encapsulation of Glen Beck’s mendacity
Delivered, of course, by Jon Stewart: Mr. Beck lives in a cloistered world of paranoid delusion that is impervious to a priori evidence that contradicts his world view This is in response to Glen Beck telling his audience that no one but Fox “dared” show the footage of Israeli commandos repelling onto a boat and…
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Seconded…
This piece from the Atlantic captures my feeling pretty close to exactly, re: the recent Rand Paul flap on the Civil Rights Act and his alleged “courage”. In particular, the conclusion: Now, after the police dogs, night-sticks and fire-hoses have been beaten back, Rand Paul wants to reopen the question, while, to be sure, claiming that…
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Stabilizing US Debt
Everyone says they could balance the budget if they were in charge. Few understand what would be involved. I just played a neat simulator that actually allowed me to explore what different policies would do. Unfortunately, there doesn’t seem to be any easy way to post the results, but I did a screen-capture hatchet job:…
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A fantastic visual response to “Show us your papers” in AZ…
From the cartoonist Lee Judge ( http://media.kansascity.com/images/cartoons/judge/04-2010/judge_04272010_700.jpg)
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How to Lie with the Truth — and how to counter it
A meme spreading like wildfire throughout the rabid right is that “47% of Americans don’t even pay federal income tax.” Clearly it’s time for another tax cut for the uber-wealthy in the interest of “fairness”. David Leonhardt wrote a piece in today’s New York Times exploring this. Short version: The number is true… and meaningless. …