Posted by Unknown | 7:07 AM

Mary C. Curtis seems to think that the Obama-Spock comparisons making the internet rounds have something to do with the fact that Obama and...

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Posted by Unknown | 6:35 AM

Via Krugman , Digby delivers a broadside against conservative fiscal priorities: Right now the social security trust fund isn't going t...

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Posted by Unknown | 1:16 PM

Yglesias : Steve Clemons reports that economic stimulus is under way in second-tier Chinese cities hit hard by the economic downturn: And ...

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Posted by Unknown | 10:54 AM

Via Yglesias , Lane Kenworthy makes a good point - summer vacation increases educational inequality . The reason is that during summer, kids...

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Posted by Unknown | 10:02 AM

There are growing reports of fissures in the U.S. business community over the issue of carbon pricing. For many years, U.S. businesses - ma...

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Posted by Unknown | 3:04 PM

Yglesias dishes up some good ones on his 28th: 1. Yglesias is right that roads don't pay for themselves . Actually, though Yglesias does...

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Posted by Unknown | 1:46 PM

Our government is finally pressing ahead with one of the biggest no-brainer policies resisted by the Bushies - higher mpg standards for car...

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Posted by Unknown | 6:09 AM

Yglesias looks at a graph that shows that countries that spend more on social services (health, education, welfare) tend to have lower inco...

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Posted by Unknown | 6:59 AM

Daniel Larison ventures to tell us "who lost conservatism": As the cliché goes, there are three main factions in the conservative ...

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Posted by Unknown | 7:58 AM

Very, very interesting news out of Utah: The most Republican state in the nation is drifting to the left. In the last few months, Gov. Jon...

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Posted by Unknown | 11:05 AM

Richard Posner, a conservative economist/judge, says that conservatism is an intellectually dead movement . Posner is a big deal (in intelle...

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Posted by Unknown | 7:31 AM

(The Thor's Helmet Nebula, NGC 2359) Via Ry, Matt Taibbi delivers a hilarious takedown of those tasked with intellectually defending re...

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