Putting Your Seat Where Your Mouth Is…

Don’t you dare call them a do-nothing Congress now! NOVEL DAIS SEATING ASSIGNMENTS ADOPTED TO REFLECT NON-PARTISANSHIP OF COMMITTEE WASHINGTON – Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., took their commitment to non-partisanship to an alternate plane Friday in announcing a new dais seating arrangement. In [...]

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Neoliberalism: The Actual Record

Well, everyone’s talking about the David Brooks column I mentioned below. Obviously, I think Matt Yglesias is on the right track and Atrios is careless and wrong . In fact, the “liberal successes” of the Clinton presidency weren’t experienced–or much noticed–by academics and upper-income libs…but they sure were significant if you were a member of [...]

Hagel’s “Announcement”

Hagel’s big announcement this morning? Apparently, he’s still maybe possibly kinda thinking about potentially running. Also, the war is bad. UPDATE: From MSNBC: “One of the most bizarre political statement’s I’ve ever heard.” Guess he sat out the Perot cycle. The real losers here are the press, who got play-ay-ed. Shows to go you just [...]

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Novak on the Whims of High School Students

This is foolish. As the father of high school students, and as a high school student around the same time as Hillary, I can attest that it’s entirely possible to be blown away by Martin Luther King one day and by Barry Goldwater the next, or vice versa.