Andrew Sullivan's Blog, page 2751
July 14, 2010
Attention Political Junkies
by Chris Bodenner
Check out Taegan Goddard's new PoliticalDictionary.com. Bernstein, a political scientist, learns something:
Cats and dogs are are leftover "stray" bills on minor subjects saved
for days when the House or Senate have light floor schedules.
Pets - United States - Cat - Recreation - Senate
"Civil Disobedience Was The Winner Today"
by Chris Bodenner
Federal prosecutors drop charges against Dan Choi for chaining himself to the White House fence.
White House - United States - Government - Dan Choi - President
Malkin Award Nominee
by Chris Bodenner
"They make more money off of
race than any slave trader ever. It's time groups like the NAACP went
to the trash heap of history where they belong with all the other vile
racist groups that emerged in our history," - Mark Williams, a national spokesman for the Tea Party Express. And around we go ...
Mark Williams - Tea Party Express - National Association for the Advancement of Colored People - Racism - Slavery
Reflections on the Jim Bunning presidency
by Dave Weigel
Brian Beutler reports and ruminates on the failure of Democrats (at this point I could use a shortcut key to type those three words) to do what seemed like it would be easy -- shame the GOP into going along with unemployment insurance extensions or "jobs bills."
Democrats would have to take significant legislative steps right nowto lower unemployment (let alone to keep it from growing). But there'sno easy way for them to do that, so instead, with a double-diprecession...
Would Hayek Vote For Obamacare? Ctd
A reader writes:
As an American living in Singapore for over 20 years, I'd like to comment on Will Wilkinson's statement that the reason behind its health care efficiency and ability to successfully deliver quality health care to all at a reasonable cost is entirely due to competitive markets at play. Perhaps he should investigate how heavily involved the Singapore government is in the local health care sector - from owning hospital groups that compete with the private...
Last Words
by Patrick Appel
Charles Simic reviews Robert Elder's Last Words Of The Executed:
"Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something," Mexicanrevolutionary Pancho Villa worried in his dying moments. It isuniversally believed that if you care to be remembered by posterity,you better have something memorable to say in your last moments onearth. "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country,"Nathan Hale, an American spy convicted of espionage by the British in1776 famously...
On The D List
by Chris Bodenner
For those of you who need a quick fix of Andrew (and fitting that the clip comes out on a big day of Levi drama):
Multimedia - Development Frameworks - Flash - Religion and Spirituality - Personalities
The screwing of John Stagliano
by Dave Weigel
If you've been missing Richard Abowitz's dispatches from the obscenity trial of John Stagliano, correct your error and check in. Things are getting especially interesting, and especially disgraceful on the prosecution's side.
The prosecution revealed that the case began when the LosAngeles Police Department Vice Squad sent themselves to the pornindustry's biggest annual convention, , in my home town of Las Vegas in 2007. Leftunaddressed was why California ...
The Market For Mistakes, Ctd
by Patrick Appel
A reader writes:
I don't think that classical economists would make the argument that the market never gets things wrong, but they may have a different take as to why mistakes get repeated/aggregated and what to do about them. In the subprime mortgage example given, classical economists would point to three market problems - information asymmetry, agency problems and government intervention. Information asymmetry shows up when investors buy mortgage pools, but have no idea a...
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