Kevin Drum lays out a policy list lefty bloggers might generally agree on. Chait kick-started this latest round of debate. Atrios carried it forward. Read the manifesto. Some proposals I like (scaling down the war on drugs, supporting marriage, bringing back the estate tax, backing states’ rights). Most I dislike (progressive taxation, clumsy statist enivronmental … Continue reading A Lefty Blog Manifesto
A reader writes: "Your post, "Republican Degeneracy Watch" is a headline in search of a story. Cato and CAGW and other think tanks, left and right, have identifiable agendas. These agendas coincide with various other groups‚Äô agendas. We are to be surprised, shocked, disheartened when the relevant groups support the think tanks with whom they … Continue reading Email of the Day
Bum rap on Chavez, methinks. What did her in was eliding the truth to the Bushies. They hate finding stuff out in the paper. And then her bizarre press conference, which looked like an attack and became a surrender, left everyone confused. The AFL-CIO seems pleased but they won’t do much better next time. Whoever … Continue reading CLOSE CHAVEZ
