Whose side are we on, anyway?
Ezra Klein foresees conservatives trying to preserve their faltering movement by starting a new Cold War - this time with China. [T]he case...
"Neither 'bubble' nor 'China', but a 'China bubble'"
Daniel Gros, writing in the Financial Times, explains why oil prices are high : W hat is behind the ever-increasing price of crude oil? Most...
Budget balacing - the reality
Matt Yglesias sums up a recent multi-think-tank study on balancing the budget . The proposals in the plan re pretty reasonable. But, as Ygle...
China and the Rule of 70
A new report by Albert Keidel predicts that China's economy will be as large as America's in 2035, and twice as large in 2050. That...
The Ice-Grill
Ta-Nehisi Coates writes : [T]he idea that D.C. could feel like Murderland is mind-boggling to me...as anyone whose spent some time in the ci...
"The" Clash of Civilizations?
In 1993, Samuel Huntington claimed that, with the Cold War over, the main fault lines in he world would be between religious/racial blocs, o...
The New Urbanism
For many liberals of my generation, the New Urbanism is in. Some of us grew up in Southern and Western towns that were basically strip-malls...
Jewish-Americans and divided loyalties
Legend has it that when George W. Bush asked his father what a neocon was, the elder Bush answered "One word: Israel." Many Americ...
Yay for $4 gas
One of my favorite articles in recent memory is this Time piece called " 10 Things You Can Like About $4 Gas ." The list is: 1. Ma...
We want our bandaid!
Apparently, Americans aren't very worried about the caribou any more; Republican arguments for expanded drilling in Alaska are beginning...
The writing on the wall
For all those who believe that China will keep growing at its current breakneck pace for the next 40 years, take a look at this report , whi...
