Matt Yglesias wonders whether Iranian nukes are actually a problem. The question is worth asking. First problem is the question of instability in the Islamic Republic. Iran is more stable than a lot of hawks would like to think, but it has enough problems to raise concerns about...
I really wish the posting date on this was "April 1." If it's correct, I'm beginning to remember why I thought that while Kerry would (with the possible exception of Clark) make.
Matt Yglesias briefly notes a historical lacuna: But if fireworks we are meant to have (and apparently we are) then must they really be accompanied by the 1812 Overture? The.
Spiderman 2 has inspired a conversation between Crooked Timber, Matthew Yglesias and Brayden King. I have no comment on the debate, but I will say (along with most everyone else, except the Young Hegelians at the Stranger) that the film is well worth seeing.
Speaking of crackpot conservative journals, Terrific post by Julia at Sisyphus Shrugged about Bill Buckley and civil rights.
From the front page of the web home of The Weekly Standard: Fahrenheit 9/11 connects dots that aren't there. by Matt Labash. Then, all of four stories down: There was a.
First question: how many 'reviews' of Bill Clinton's book does the NYT plan on running? We're up to three now, by my count. Second question: How many times does Larry McMurtry have to utterly fail at his assigned task before people will stop offering him work...
Picking the very worst moment in Nader's Press the Meat interview this morning is easy, despite the reiteration of sizist attacks on Michael Moore. To paraphrase: Q: The Congressional Black Caucus met.
Good evaluation of veep candidates at TAP online. The Gephardt critiques are nothing new, but show that the hostility isn't just limited to free traders. The Graham piece is a good one;.
It's becoming clear that while the Bush campaign has spent an awful lot of money on ads, they don't appear to have gotten much in return. This is, of course, good news, but it also raises questions about Karl Rove. His reputation as a political mastermind...
Tom Schaller commenting on a David Broder column at Gadflyer: And that’s because we’ve reached the point in American discourse (if one can still call it that) where not even criticism.
Wonkette suggests a much more likely possibility than the "Hillary for Veep" being touted by Drudge. The problem with Drudge's argument, of course, is that it will be *Bill* Clinton who.