Per the comments, Megan McArdle’s fiance used to work for FreedomWorks. Small world. I don’t know that much about FreedomWorks and I’m not trying to demonize anyone personally here. But Washington sure is an incestuous city. I hate to sound like a conspiracy theorist, but it sure does seem like the Atlantic guys are in …
Ezra obliterates McMeghan
And to think they were making cooking videos together only a few years ago: In my chat today, a reader asked me to respond to Megan McArdle’s lengthy case against national health insurance. The problem is that, well, there’s not a lot to specifically respond to. In 1,600 words, she doesn’t muster a single link …
Contrarianism continued
I began reading Meghan McArdle’s blog after John linked to her critique of Taibbi’s Goldman piece. Personally, I thought her criticisms had some merit. But here’s some quotes from a random perusal of other pieces on the front page of her blog: Yes, yes, I know the liberals are squirming in their seats, waiting until …
Weirdest Smackdown Ever
Sullivan links to this Megan McCardle response to Taibbi’s Rolling Stone piece, and calls it an “econo-smackdown” and states that she “takes an axe” to his prose. I’ve been trying to follow this stuff, and I follow Taibbi pretty closely, and since Goldman refuses to defend themselves, I figured I would read Megan’s take. So …
The rise and fall of contrarianism
A friend just emailed me this: One of the biggest criticisms of string theory is that its predictions can’t be tested experimentally–a requirement for any solid scientific idea. That’s not true anymore. At a AAAS session on Sunday, physicists said string theory is making important contributions to the study of two extreme forms of matter …
Let It Burn
Sorry California, but the rest of us are tired of your BS: A smattering of California voters on Tuesday soundly rejected five ballot measures designed to keep the state solvent through the rest of the year. The results dealt a severe setback to the state’s fragile fiscal structure and to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the …
To be young, gifted, and conservative
This (via Oliver Willis who also describes a Twitter exchange with Joe Scarborough) really cracks me up: For much of the past decade, young conservatives enjoyed an array of job opportunities in the Republican-controlled Congress and at insulated, well-funded nonprofit organizations. But since Democrats gained control in 2006, many prized slots on Senate and House …