NYT fronts an article regarding nine Iraqi militia groups that have agreed to disband and help form new Iraqi security forces. Juan Cole is properly skeptical, noting the number of deals already struck to eliminate the Iraqi militias. What does this mean? First, the militias that have been actively opposing...
One strange thing about Stoller's argument about centrist bloggers is that it strikes me as no longer true. Drum, Yglesias, and Marshall have all become much more aggressive and partisan.
I'm making my weekly check of Senate race wagers over at tradesports, and I make an odd discovery--David Vitter (R)'s chances of taking Breaux's seat have gone from 35 to 70%.
Through See the Forest, I find a link to Matt Stoller's excellent post on different forms of partisanship. I don't think he's entirely fair in his critique of league of wonkish centrist bloggers (Yglesias/Drum/Kleiman/Marshall), although he's certainly on to something there. That part of the argument (that for a...
Needless to say, Michael Massing's NYRB response to the New York Times's pre-war "journalism" is a (depressing) must-read. It's doubly depressing that this opinion wouldn't be written today--not only because there's no Black on.
A friend once noted that the most unnecessary liner note in history was Lou Reed writing on The Blue Mask that "my guitar is on the right stereo channel." The one on.
Condolences to our Canadian brother. Tampa Bay should never win anything in any sport. Goes to show why baseball is the best. Must read Paul Krugman today. But, that's true of every one of his columns. Today, he points out how much more fiscally responsible the Reagan administration...
Roger Ailes has a great post about Andrew Sullivan declaring that he no longer supports the GOP, because they have the same position on gay rights that they've always had. If.
I tried to come up with a response to Chris Hitchens this morning, and I just couldn't. He's not the sort that I would welcome back to our side. I'm sure, for.
Speaking of nonsense and Texas, I recall some time ago hearing about some impending legal trouble for Tom Delay. The story appears to be a bit complicated, involving a misbehaving PAC run by the bug man, possible money launderng, and such. Molly Ivins runs it down here....
Here's to hoping that someone asks George Bush "Mr. President, do you agree with the platform of your party in your home state?" Make sure to check out Kevin Drum's discussion. Here.
Now that there's a fairly broad consensus that The Phantom Menace was godawful, it's often forgotten how well the movie was initially received not only by many fans but by much.