I missed this: the winner of the WaPo Next Great Pundit contest is Michelle Rhee’s ex-husband. Rhee is the chancellor of the DC schools and a darling of the Post (as well as David Brooks, Joe Klein, and the rest of teachers’ union-hating punditocratic masses). What a fresh outside-the-beltway voice this will be!
Archives for November 2009
Abuse of position
One thing that’s quite striking in the health care debate is the lack of detailed analysis opponents are presenting in their arguments. Compare Ron Brownstein’s positive analysis of the Senate bill for example, with David Broder’s meandering, senility ramblings against it. Or this MIT economist’s favorable analysis of its impact on premiums with Krauthammer’s latest …
Steelers Open Thread
I’m really not looking forward to this at all.
CBS Sunday Morning
Have at it.
Another Open Thread
For reasons I can not explain, intermittent internet access at the casa tonight. Star Trek = awesome Angels and Demons = meh Four Christmases- As far as the genre goes, good. I mean, it has the guys from Swingers, right. Hopefully the intertrons will be fixed by tomorrow. I’ve set up qa CBS Sunday Morning …
Saturday Night Open Thread
Doing the movie thing tonight- have Angels and Demons and Star Trek, made some pad thai for dinner that was probably the best I have ever made, and am just loving Star Trek. I don’t know how the purists reacted to the remake, but it is a lot of fun. I love these long weekends …
I Know I Should Stop Watching
But I have CNN on in the background and I am still seeing breathless commentary about the party crashers at the White House. People are aware that the only thing that happened in the breach is that they were not officially invited, right? You all are aware out there that they went through intense screening …