Let's just say I remain unconvinced that Obama's reappointment of Bernake was a good idea.
Author: Scott Lemieux
I appreciate what I'll charitably assume is the dry wit, but I think the mistake is using the word "impact" at all: Former New York Gov. George Pataki has decided.
Sad, but true.
This really isn't surprising, which isn't to say that some of the specific arguments aren't disappointing. Two points: 1)you don't have to be very dovish to think that the Iraq War was a horrible idea, and 2)while his aggressive tone made him kind of a...
The contrarian truth is that under Plotz Slate has become an excellent magazine; the occasional Jonah Weiner atrocity notwithstanding, the overall quality of writing is very high. Several regulars are.
Of course, it takes Pat Caddell to take arguments an argument that Unity '12! Americans Elect represents a real grassroots third party movement to new heights of farce: Meanwhile the.
In isolation, I agree with Matt and Kevin that the failure to give a lot of coverage to Ron Paul is perfectly defensible. Not only is he clearly a fringe candidate in terms of positioning, we already have evidence of his non-viability -- he ran...
I think this comment from David Mizner -- whose excellent novel you should check out -- gets to the heart of the issue: This argument — could President Obama have.
R.I.P.
I find myself in an unusual position of arguing that someone is underestimating presidential power. Armando asserts that I argue that we shouldn't care who is president. So, working backward from my clearly stated position, he seems to be saying that we shouldn't care about...
Canada's new leader of the opposition has passed away less than one year into his tenure. R.I.P. This figures to make the shape of Canada's party system even more unclear.
Given that making an argument on the merits that there is an "imperial presidency" on domestic as well as foreign policy is essentially impossible, as you can see from these.