Archive for March, 2008
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Wednesday, March 26th, 2008I’ve accepted a position as the very first ever Off Campus Op-Ed Editor for scrappy Internet publication NYULocal. The site’s slated to launch … soon … ish. But from what I’ve seen behind the scenes so far, I’m super-excited. It kind of reminds me of a university-based Washington Independent.
I’ll let you guys know when the […]
The first lady of Krypton
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008Hillary Clinton says that this whole thing about her inaccurately claiming that she dodged sniper fire in Bosnia proves that she’s human.
To which I say: Senator Clinton, you’re being too hard on yourself. Way too hard on yourself. If you actually have a hard time remembering whether or not you were shot at on a […]
Freedom’s Watch Watch
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008Remember Freedom’s Watch? They’re that group that’s sort of like the conservative version of MoveOn. Except MoveOn is a grassroots organization powered by small donors that aims to increase the participation of local activists whereas Freedom’s Watch is basically a multi-billion dollar ad agency formed to propagate endearingly eccentric notions such as “Hey, let’s bomb […]
The world’s tiniest violin
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008As the violence and bloodshed continues in Iraq, it’s important that we take a moment to remember the true victims in this dreadful, dreadful war - George W. Bush and Michael O’Hanlon.
Pity these men; one who bears the burden of having to occasionally think about all of the people who needlessly sent to their deaths […]
It’s always sunny in Philadelphia
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008Just a quick reminder, I’m going to be Philadelphia this weekend for the Eschacon, the Atrios-helmed progressive blogger convention with friend and fellow JuanWay-er Ali. I’ll try to get pictures of the two of us doing various bloggy things.
Speaking is hard
Monday, March 24th, 2008I wasn’t going to comment about Hillary Clinton’s whole “I dodged bullets in Bosnia” thing because, as far as outright fabrications go, this one isn’t doing a whole lot to harm innocent people. But then I noticed that the way her campaign is backpedaling from this is by pulling the whole “I misspoke” thing.
Guys, come […]
4,000
Monday, March 24th, 2008I’m not one for arbitrary milestones. The 4,000th death is just as much of a horror as the first one. And they’re all completely inexcusable.
Everything Bill Kristol ever said is wrong, Part 571293
Monday, March 24th, 2008Bill Kristol, in the latest salvo in his endless campaign to embarrass the New York Times into extinction, makes the kind of weird claim that the worst thing we could do for race relations right now is have some sort of national conversation about race.
The last thing we need now is a heated national […]
Our economy: Sucking
Monday, March 24th, 2008Paul Krugman is confused about what candidate he’s supposed to be secretly in the tank for.
Both Democrats, by contrast, are running more or less populist campaigns. But at least so far, neither Democrat has made a clear commitment to financial reform.
Is that simply an omission? Or is it an ominous omen? Recent history offers reason […]
Change Congress
Sunday, March 23rd, 2008You’ll notice that in the left-hand column, beneath by donation buttons, there’s a new little icon. That’s because it relates to an issue almost as near and dear to me as people giving me money in exchange for witty one-liners. I’m talking about my favorite pet issue right now, congressional corruption, which Joe Trippi and […]
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