The Gregg Ploy
By Dylan Matthews - Jan 30th, 2009 at 12:40 pmLike my fellow Granite Stater Tim Fernholz, I relish any opportunity to talk about New Hampshire politics outside the context of the primary. So I’m…
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A Newsstand Bailout
By Dylan Matthews - Jan 29th, 2009 at 2:19 pmIt looks like Out of Town News, the iconic newsstand in the middle of Harvard Square that’s been operating since the mid-1950s, might not close…
Moving the Center
By Dylan Matthews - Jan 28th, 2009 at 10:40 amIt’s good to know that the Gaza invasion has succeeded in “educating” the Palestinians into a pro-Israel posture:
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas vowed on Tuesday…
I, For One, Welcome Our New UN Overlords
By Dylan Matthews - Jan 27th, 2009 at 10:40 amI was pleasantly surprised to see that Janet Napolitano has chosen Jane Holl Lute, currently the head of peacekeeping operations at the United Nations, as…
The Slings and Arrows of Outrageous Corruption
By Dylan Matthews - Jan 26th, 2009 at 12:33 pmAfter Rod Blagojevich compared his travails to Pearl Harbor, Ned and I were joking about what crazy analogies he was going to come up with…
I’ve Got a Theory, It Could Be NAFTA
By Dylan Matthews - Jan 23rd, 2009 at 11:40 amThere are plenty of reasons to be disappointed by David Paterson’s appointment of Kirsten Gillibrand to succeed Hillary Clinton in the Senate. Gillibrand is more…
Leave maf54 Be
By Dylan Matthews - Jan 23rd, 2009 at 10:58 amWe all remember Mark Foley. He flirted with underage Congressional pages online, resigned when this came out, and contributed in no small part to the…
Tough Choices
By Dylan Matthews - Jan 22nd, 2009 at 9:55 amThat former NYT Jerusalem bureau chief Steve Erlanger describes this as a “tough” choice is indicative of just how warped our discourse on Israel and…
George Will Teaches Vocab
By Dylan Matthews - Jan 15th, 2009 at 11:10 amThe substance of George Will’s latest column is not especially remarkable–had you heard that judicial activism is evil and that Jerry Brown is an vicious…
Dick Cheney Hates Your Face
By Dylan Matthews - Jan 13th, 2009 at 4:28 pmAnd he might write a book about it. Here’s his explanation of why he might write a memoir (via Jon Chait):
I’ve got a lot…
Obama Support(ed)(s) Gay Marriage
By Dylan Matthews - Jan 13th, 2009 at 10:23 amBen Smith has a good catch: during his first run for State Senate in 1996, Barack Obama responded to an issues questionnaire from Outlines, a…
Israel Bans Arab Parties
By Dylan Matthews - Jan 12th, 2009 at 2:48 pmThis is just horrifying:
The Central Elections Committee on Monday banned Arab political parties from running in next month’s parliamentary elections, drawing accusations of racism…
Because the Congo Was Just Too Stable Before…
By Dylan Matthews - Jan 12th, 2009 at 12:39 pmYou know what the world really needs right now? More broken peace processes. Take it away, Democratic Republic of the Congo:
General Laurent Nkunda, the…
English-speakers Better At Making English Music; More at 11
By Dylan Matthews - Jan 9th, 2009 at 3:48 pmI disagree frequently with Steven Walt on issues of international relations. But I’ll be damned if I don’t disagree more about music:
I can’t think…
Crackberry’s a Hell of a Drug
By Dylan Matthews - Jan 8th, 2009 at 11:11 amThe Secret Service is going to have to pry Obama’s Blackberry from his cold, dead hands:
“I’m still clinging to my BlackBerry,” Mr. Obama said…
