Here’s an email that I think is worth publishing in full: Hi John, I am a long time Balloon Juice reader since before the days of “THE DFH’S WERE RIGHT!” conversion. I occasionally post as “Cintibud” but since I don’t post often I’m afraid it might just get lost in the noise if I posted …
Archives for March 2011
Quote of the Day: Adam Smith Profiles Barack Obama
Reading Nicholas Phillipson’s admirable new(ish) biography of Adam Smith walking to my office this morning, I came across a passage from The Theory of Moral Sentiments that seems to me to capture Obama’s style and theory of governance remarkably well: When he cannot conquer the rooted prejudices of the people by reason and persuasion …(h)e …
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Considerably Better Than Nothing
As part of the Comcast/NBC deal, Comcast is required to let Netflix provide content on its network, license NBC show to online video providers, and provide an Internet plan that isn’t bundled with cable TV service. It would be nice to have real regulation of cable/telephone Internet oligopolies, but if we can’t have that, at …
Union Links and Anti-Union Links
Wanted to point out a couple of articles that outline the conservative assault on private sector unions. Three reliable Republican mouthpieces: Fox News, the WSJ and CATO. The WSJ article is particularly helpful because it lists the targeted states. Along with requiring public employees to contribute more to pensions and health care coverage, Wisconsin Gov. …
Naked and Moderately Famous
For some reason I ran across a bunch of minor celebrity news this morning: This is a pretty good profile of Heather Armstrong, who runs the Dooce empire. I agree with Gruber that “mommy blogger” is a bit condescending – whatever she chose to write about would be interesting because she’s a hell of a …
Tuesday Morning Open Thread
If you’ve been looking for a good summary of “Why Wisconsin matters“, E.J. Dionne’s latest Washington Post column qualifies as both quick and meaty: … Nobody denies that the recession has tanked state revenue. That’s why even progressive governors have been making budget cuts – and why Wisconsin’s state unions conceded to Walker’s demands for …
False Memories of a Nit Diddler…
Old Haley is at again. Seriously the boy just can’t keep his facts or his story straight. Late last year the old Nit Diddler told the Weekly Standard that he went to see MLK speak: In interviews Barbour doesn’t have much to say about growing up in the midst of the civil rights revolution. “I …