Month: September 2005
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Mini-hiatus almost over
A brief note: I was busy taking comprehensive exams last week, and then I camped out for basketball tickets over the weekend, so obviously the blog has been neglected. I’m playing catchup now, but I’ll be back in full force tomorrow. Thanks for being patient.
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Another cheap shot from Eric Alterman
In a classic Alterman move, he’s taken another vague cheap shot at me that misconstrues what I actually wrote: A certain young blogosphere language cop recently took issue not only with my use of irony on the blog but also with my implication that the mainstream media have consistently treated President Bush as far more
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Conservative utopia, part II
After their free market dreams didn’t quite work out in post-Saddam Iraq, conservatives are turning to the Gulf as the newest laboratory for half-baked Heritage Foundation policy proposals. Grover Norquist may have been the first prominent conservative to try to pass off the Gulf as a rationale for more tax cuts, but he’s hardly the
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Another misleading WSJ statistic
As part of my months-long effort to compile misleading claims Wall Street Journal editorial page, let me briefly note their latest bogus statistic: The startling bottom line on Bush administration profligacy is this: At $22,000 per household, federal spending is at an inflation-adjusted post-World War II high and set to go still higher soon as
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Under Alterman’s skin
I think our good friend Eric Alterman is still mad about our recent disagreement — apparently I’m now the “Blogworld Language Police”: Again, Fred Barnes is right. With a Republican Congress and no re-election to face, Bush does not need to be popular to continue ruining our country. (Note to Blogworld Language Police: I am
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Bill Frist: Not so bright
This item describes a supposedly endearing Bill Frist anecdote about a teddy bear that someone didn’t think through: Is America ready for a president who wears clogs and plays with a teddy bear? Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist thinks so. The heart surgeon and undeclared White House hopeful has recently been sending us colorful E-mails
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The GOP/conservative pundit nexus
Via Wonkette, more depressing news about the “journalists” in the pundit corps: When John G. Roberts is approved as chief justice of the United States, as expected, he can thank President Bush ‘s “Friends & Allies” program, which went to work on him immediately after he was nominated. The project, started by the Republican National
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What is Judy Woodruff talking about?
People in the media can’t interpret polls to save their life — here’s CNN’s Judy Woodruff embarrassing herself on Meet the Press: MR. RUSSERT: Let’s look at the latest NBC News-Wall Street Journal poll for the latest numbers on President Bush. Job approval: 40 percent. That’s the lowest we’ve ever had for George Bush in
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Bill Clinton dodges the Hillary pledge issue
From today’s Meet the Press — the Clintons are still dodging the pledge issue: MR. RUSSERT: She [Hillary] should avoid making a pledge that she’ll serve another full six-year term. MR. CLINTON: Yeah, I think she should say she wants to be judged on both her record and her plans for the future, but I
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What is Michael Barone talking about?
Michael Barone, writing in the Wall Street Journal today, claims the following (subscription required): Most Americans accumulate significant, six-figure wealth in the course of their lifetimes. During the late 1990s stock market boom, most household wealth was in financial instruments, but today and before the late 1990s the majority of household wealth was in residential