I’ve been reading up a bit on the Bowles-Simpson stuff and, while I think most of it is a political nonstarter, I actually agree with David Broder that the tax reforms it suggests could be very helpful. Obviously, the devil is in the details, but corporations do a remarkable job of evading taxation and I …
Archives for January 2011
Teh google
I firmly believe that part of the reason older people are more likely to vote Republican is that they are unable to use the internet to obtain reliable information. Furthermore, when I speak with people in their 20s, I generally find that they are generally much better-informed on political matters than I was when I …
Monkey See, Monkey Dumb-Ass
You know who is most relieved about this declaration? Monkeys.
RIP, Sojourner
Some really sad news for you all. Longtime commenter and writer Sojourner, who participated here for several years, has died. She passed in August of last year at the all too young age of 34, dead from an apparent suicide. Her mother has been in contact with me, and she has asked that I pass …
The Best and the Brightest
David Gregory’s panel on Meet the Press has noted scholars Harold Ford, Mike Murphy, and Chuck Todd on to discuss the situation in Egypt. Apparently McCain was unavailable. I think DougJ is right that it is wise his sister gets most of her news from Wonkette. *** Update *** Steve Benen has informed me that …
Egypt Links
Jane Mayer reports that the new #2 in Egypt is pretty much the same as the old boss. Larison finds an old Jeane Kirkpatrick paper and uses it to point out the incoherence of Obama’s supposedly conservative critics: It can’t be stressed enough that many of the people faulting the Obama administration for not doing enough …
Early Morning Open Thread: William
From commentor JasonF: This morning, my wife and I had to say goodbye to our rabbit, William. I wanted to write something about him, but I’m finding it very difficult to put into words just how special he was… ____ We first met William in February 1999. Our pet rabbit (Pipkin) had just died unexpectedly …