Month: October 2011

Joe Nocera has a column in the New York Times that notes that it is the 24th anniversary of the defeat of Robert Bork’s nomination to the Supreme Court. He uses the occasion to blame the current breakdown of comity in...

This is what our mothers and fathers, or, perhaps, our grandmothers and grandfathers read when Benito Mussolini met his end. Does it remind you of what you are reading now about Moammar Gaddafi?

Eric Cantor canceled a speech at the Wharton School of Business yesterday when he realized that it was going to be met with protests, but you can read his prepared remarks here. I want to give an excerpt to consider: I believe...

We’ve seen a lot of really low blows over the last decade by Republicans and conservatives against Democrats, Progressives and Liberals. We’ve Been Called Marxists, Fascists, Gun Thieves, Traitors, Lazy Dirty F***ing...

Strangely, I both agree and disagree with Matt Yglesias at the same time. At the most fundamental level, I think that Occupy Wall Street is an irrational protest. So, I wouldn’t call it a rational response. But it is an...