From Think Tanked a few days ago: The deadline for the Koch Associate Program is rapidly approaching on March 15th. The program, a project of the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation, partners with numerous think tanks and assists young professionals who are “passionate about free-market ideas, and want to become more effective at advancing liberty throughout their …
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Our “Friends” in Pakistan
Good news, for very precisely calculated values of ‘good’: “CIA security officer” Raymond A. Davis is no longer in a Pakistani jail: A C.I.A. security officer jailed for killing two Pakistanis on a crowded Lahore street was released Wednesday after weeks of secret negotiations between American and Pakistani officials, a pledge of millions of dollars …
Open Thread: “Pinatas of Benevolence”
Since I don’t have cable, I always find out about the Really Good Rants a few days late. Gotta love Mr. Maher’s “the rich are like pinatas” riff starting at 3:27… although no doubt it has already been decried as uncivil. __ What other Significant News and/or Excellent Snark have we missed recently?
Wednesday Night Open Thread
Not completely surprising that an Esquire blogger came up with the best title so far for Gingrich’s self-justifying speech at Ralph Reed’s self-justifying ‘Christian Broadcasting Network’: How Newt Gingrich Misplaced His Member Now we get it! Apparently Newt Gingrich was working so hard, loved his country so much, and felt so passionately about Bill Clinton’s …
No Union, No Strength
Harold Meyerson at the Washington Post has another excellent, and thoroughly depressing, column on the ‘jobless recovery‘: … Our current recovery, alas, is different from all previous recoveries that America has experienced since the end of World War II. The earlier ones were marked by wage increases. As the economy picked up and more revenue …
Tuesday Evening Open Thread
For a little schadenfreude, here’s Jack Shafer attacking the NYTime’s coverage of “the White House’s new stuffed animals“: Do you remember Rahm Emanuel? Former Washington colossus. Feared and respected by everybody. The guy the president depended on to get things done. Highly functional Tourette syndrome case. Now the mayor of some Midwestern city. Well, the …
Open Thread: Happy Possibilities
It’s probably too much to hope for, but at least the conventional wisdom has shifted enough that the NYTimes Media Villagers are willing to suggest that “Fox and Glenn Beck Stare Into A Dark Future“: … Mr. Beck, a conservative Jeremiah and talk-radio phenomenon, burst into television prominence in 2009 by taking the forsaken 5 …