Month: August 2006
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Why Lieberman is like Mickey Kaus
Until yesterday, I hadn’t posted on the Lieberman/Lamont race. I don’t have particularly strong feelings about it and I think its importance is being greatly exaggerated. But I can’t say I’m sad about the result. Like many people, Lieberman’s priorities annoyed me. He (mostly) votes against the GOP, but he seems to spend his time
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Ending the “blogs vs. journalists” debate
Via Jay Rosen, Steven Johnson has written an excellent rejoinder to the tedious debate over the effects of blogs on journalism: Long-time readers of this blog know that I have very rarely posted anything here on the “bloggers versus mainstream journalism” debate, largely because the market for good ideas on this topic has long been
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Where Lamont and Bush supporters agree
The ironies of history: Al Gore and Joe Lieberman were denounced for failing to accept the results of the 2000 election. Now Joe Lieberman has lost his party’s endorsement, and he’s going to be derided by Democrats for failing to accept the results of the primary and running as an independent. Will Ned Lamont start
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Brad DeLong spam
You know you’re a well-known blogger when spammers are using your name as a subject line — I just got a spam email (PDF) with the subject “MuseBrad DeLongs.”
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A work slowdown
The Nyhan family has added a new member, so posting will be light (and especially sleep-deprived) for a few weeks. More soon…
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Video in the White House briefing room
The Wall Street Journal reports that the White House is going to install a video wall in the briefing room to try to capitalize on the power of visual imagery (sub. required): For a decade, the daily White House news briefing has been televised. Now it is becoming television. Earlier this year, Fox News talk