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Archive for October 19th, 2009

Monday, October 19th, 2009

Pot Calling the Battle Back

The Obama administration does tangible good. I’d like to see full-blown legalization, but drug policy is an area where the Republicans have been an actively malign force this decade.
It does call into question the whole “Only Nixon can go to China” thing. Not every Nixon wants to go to China for one thing. And maybe [...]

Monday, October 19th, 2009

How Dare You Make Me Look as Stupid as I Am

The Best Man at my wedding is none too happy with the denouement of Balloon Boy Afternoon:
The Daily Show often frames this as an inherent problem with a 24-hour news cycle. My take is, if you have time to fill, why not include a full-throated expression of doubt that it’s even physically possible for a [...]

Monday, October 19th, 2009

Yes We’re Going to a Party Party

Happy Mutual Birthday to Kevin Drum, elder statesman of the October-19th cohort of bloggers. To make this one special, I’ll attack him from the left. It isn’t possible to get the banksters “off the federal teat immediately” or otherwise. There is simply no guarantee we make today that can bind the politicians of tomorrow. That’s [...]