August 2008
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Marty Lederman: This Is Pretty Amazing
Types of Fictions →
I am looking forward to a cross-country plane flight on Sunday, and I am not likely to read any of the work books I will take onto the plane—even though I will try, and intend to. Instead, I…
Tyler Cowen Directs Us to John Cochrane →
John Cochrane has things to say about many of his colleagues at the University of Chicago. As far as polemic goes, I don’t think I will ever see a better one: Comments on the Milton Friedman…
Atlantic Monthly Death Spiral Watch (Marc Ambinder... →
Levenson of the Inverse Square Blog http://inversesquare.wordpress.com/, who reads Marc Ambinder so we don’t have to, emails that at 8:40 AM July 31, 2008 Marc Ambinder wrote: Marc Ambinder:…
Market Forces at Work in Energy Conservation →
And Tom Levenson is writing about what he thinks he ought to be writing about: Updates on the 100 mpg car front: Way, way back when there was a Republican fight for the nomination, Mike…
Marty Lederman: This Is Pretty Amazing →
Publius: Ignatius Hearts McCain →
Matthew Yglesias: Obama Leading . . . Good News... →
Wonkette: Uppity John McCain Calls Himself... →
Hoisted from Comments: The Jim Hamilton Model →
Hoisted from Comments: kharris makes what I think of as the Jim Hamilton point: Grasping Reality with Both Hands: The Semi-Daily Journal Economist Brad DeLong: On that point about where…
Hoisted from Comments: Dueling Headlines →
Hoisted from Comments: John K. writes: Grasping Reality with Both Hands: The Semi-Daily Journal Economist Brad DeLong: Brad, Why can’t we have a better press - headline edition: Washington Post…
Low Road Express | The Straight Talk Express Has... →
Can be found here: The Straight Talk Express Has Taken a Nasty Turn Into the Gutter | McCain’s Low Road Express.
July 2008
Ummm... No →
Megan McArdle writes: Megan McArdle: I know I saw that recession around here somewhere … The economy grew at 1.9% last quarter. Two thoughts. First, the American economy is simply…
The "Bush Boom" →
The weakest “prolonged expansion” in American history… The question is why.
Why Weren't Interest Groups in Favor of Freer... →
Paul Krugman meditates on the collapse of the Doha Round: Dead Doha - Paul Krugman: It’s over — which is neither a surprise nor a catastrophe. Trade negotiations aren’t driven by economists’…
Stupidest Celebrity Alive: John McCain →
Rodger Payne notes that up until this week, John McCain thought that being a celebrity was a good thing: Rodger A. Payne’s Blog: Who’s the celebrity?: John McCain is a constant guest on “The…
Less than 40% of Americans Take Summer Vacations →
You wouldn’t know it from the press, but Bob Reich says that Conference Board says that only two in five Americans plan a summer vacation: Robert Reich’s Blog: The Myth of Summer Vacation: I’m…
Sectoral Rotation Continues →
The Federal Reserve’s goal of letting the fall in the value of the dollar boost net exports as fast as construction shrinks appears to be working, and to be keeping us from falling even further…
Ken Rogoff Puzzles Paul Krugman →
Paul writes: The Rogoff doctrine - Paul Krugman: Ken Rogoff is one of the world’s best macroeconomists, so I take whatever he says seriously. But — you know that’s the kind of statement that…
Washington Post Death Spiral Watch (Yet Another... →
I had written: Grasping Reality with Both Hands: The Semi-Daily Journal Economist Brad DeLong: And, of course, nothing would be complete without yet another Jonathan Weisman special. Jonathan…
Ken Rogoff Puzzles Paul Krugman →
Paul writes: The Rogoff doctrine - Paul Krugman: Ken Rogoff is one of the world’s best macroeconomists, so I take whatever he says seriously. But — you know that’s the kind of statement that…
Washington Post Death Spiral Watch (Yet Another... →
I had written: Grasping Reality with Both Hands: The Semi-Daily Journal Economist Brad DeLong: And, of course, nothing would be complete without yet another Jonathan Weisman special. Jonathan…
John Noble Wilford: A Device That Was High-Tech In... →
John Noble Wilford: A Device That Was High-Tech In... →
John Quiggin: Yet more on fiduciary obligation →
Publius: Shorter Washington Post: McCain is Lying →
BarbinMD: Who's Lying? John McCain or Andrea... →
Kevin Drum Is Shrill →
The Struggle to Safeguard Israel →
Spencer Ackerman applauds Joe Klein for going on a mission to enhance Israel’s security, and joins him: ATTACKERMAN » Chutzpah Driven, We Battle Then We Feast: Last month I wrote about how…
Washington Post Death Spiral Watch (Dana Milbank... →
Todd Gitlin: TPMCafe | Talking Points Memo | “Presumptuous”: “Barack Obama has long been his party’s presumptive nominee. Now he’s becoming its presumptuous nominee.” That’s Dana Milbank in this…
Why Oh Why Can't We Have Better Republican... →
Matthew Yglesias: Matthew Yglesias: Contrasting Through Falsehood: Marc Ambinder writes about the prospects for an elite backlash against the McCain campaign’s new strategy of making stuff up: “I…
DeLong Smackdown Watch: Fiscal Policy Edition,... →
Michael Scherer convincingly explains what is going on: Why Obama Offers A Net Tax Cut - Swampland - TIME: At the top of the story, I quoted John McCain’s top policy adviser Doug Holtz-Eakin…
Ben Smith of the Politico Says That the Indictment... →
I would not have believed it if I had not seen it with my own eyes: Stevens falloutThe indictment of the [Republican] senior senator from Alaska on corruption charges is yet another blow to the GOP…
The Orwell Diary Weblog →
The Orwell Diary Weblog starts August 9.
Teresa Nielsen Hayden: Remarks on Some Cliches →
Christopher Hayes: Let's Play: If I Were a Right... →
Abi Sutherland: How to run a revolution, in five... →
Barack Obama on the Economy →
Washington Post Death Spiral Watch (Dana Milbank... →
Todd Gitlin: TPMCafe | Talking Points Memo | “Presumptuous”: “Barack Obama has long been his party’s presumptive nominee. Now he’s becoming its presumptuous nominee.” That’s Dana Milbank in…
The Orwell Diary Weblog →
The Orwell Diary Weblog starts August 9.
Journalism Lesson: Obama’s Note, The New... →
Harold Pollack: Slaying himself with the jawbone... →
The Struggle to Safeguard Israel →
Spencer Ackerman applauds Joe Klein for going on a mission to enhance Israel’s security, and joins him: ATTACKERMAN » Chutzpah Driven, We Battle Then We Feast: Last month I wrote about how…
Why Oh Why Can't We Have Better Republican... →
Matthew Yglesias: Matthew Yglesias: Contrasting Through Falsehood: Marc Ambinder writes about the prospects for an elite backlash against the McCain campaign’s new strategy of making stuff up:…
DeLong Smackdown Watch: Fiscal Policy Edition,... →
Michael Scherer convincingly explains what is going on: Why Obama Offers A Net Tax Cut - Swampland - TIME: At the top of the story, I quoted John McCain’s top policy adviser Doug Holtz-Eakin…
Subterranean, Issue 4 →
Ben Smith of the Politico Says That the Indictment... →
I would not have believed it if I had not seen it with my own eyes: Stevens falloutThe indictment of the [Republican] senior senator from Alaska on corruption charges is yet another blow to the…
Michael Scherer: The Candidates' Tax Plans: Fuzzy... →
Economist: The economy: the solutions | It’s the... →
CJR: Michael Kinsley on Calling a Lie a Lie, and... →
