Andrew Sullivan's Blog, page 2781
July 7, 2010
Hitch Was Right
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Say It Ain't So, Levi
He seems to have crumbled under the pressure, but the statement is truly weird:
Last year, after Bristol and I broke up, I was unhappy and a little angry. Unfortunately, against my better judgment, I publicly said things about the Palins that were not completely true. I have already privately apologized to Todd and Sarah. Since my statements were public, I owe it to the Palins to publicly apologize.
"Not completely true." Discuss. And what exactly was "not completely true"? He sounds like a...
Chart Of The Day
From here. Adam Serwer analyzes:
Deportations in 2010 and 2009 were higher than at any time during the
Bush administration -- something that has to be viewed within the
context of a declining undocumented immigrant population.Of course, when Bush wanted to press immigration reform, both Kyl and McCain were on board. Now they're attacking Obama for lax enforcement, even though he's taken a harder line on deportations than Bush ever did.
Immigration - Immigration reform - Barac...
Lies, Damn Lies, And Oil Clean-Up Statistics
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Will Obstruction Help The GOP?
Sargent fleshes out his argument. He sees a short-term advantage:
Poll after poll shows that majorities think the GOP is moreinterested in obstructing the Obama/Dem agenda than in reaching a goodfaith compromise. Yet amid all the gridlock Congress's overallapproval is at historic lows, and the generalized anti-incumbent fervoris expected to hurt Dems in the midterms. Indeed, in recent months theGOP has tied or bested Dems in the generic Congressional matchup. Republicans will argue that this...
Ross On Afghanistan: Getting Warmer, Ctd
Douthat answers Millman's query:
The point of a counterinsurgency campaign... isn't to
crush the Taliban once and for all. It's to create an environment in
which they feel like they could be crushed, and to turn those
security gains to political ends. Whereas so long as the Taliban's
leaders and fellow travelers are convinced that they've all but won the
war, any "orderly entry" into government that they negotiate is likely
to end in disaster — for our interests, and for Afghanistan.
...
The View From Your Recession
A reader writes:
I am a small business owner in New York City. At the beginning of the recession, I had a handful of part-time employees who got paid cash under the table, as they freelanced or worked other jobs. My best employee lost his main gig and asked me for help. I cut the rest of the employees and put him on payroll. I allotted more work-hours than I really needed, but he was in a jam and I believed that I would see a return on the investment.
A year and a half later, the investment...
The Consequences Of Disengagement?
While urging "strategic patience" in the Middle East, Ryan Crocker writes that "disengagement from Pakistan and Afghanistan after the Soviet retreat in
1989 ultimately gave al-Qaeda the space to plan the 9/11 attacks." Greg Scoblete begs to differ:
Can Crocker, or anyone - offer a remotely plausible scenario which seesthe U.S. "engaged" in Afghanistan in the 1980s that prevents the riseof al Qaeda internationally? Bin Laden wasn't even in Afghanistan until1996. As we're learning now, the...
Why Do Cops Care About Pot?
Because targeting marijuana gives police departments access to federal anti-drug money. Mike Meno sighs:
As we've stated many times before,marijuana eradication programs are not only horribly ineffective atreducing the supply of marijuana, but even worse, they force lawenforcement to commit massive amounts of resources and manpower tomarijuana offenses at the expense of much more serious crimes. That'swhy it's so insane for the federal government to encourage and rewardthis type of...
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