A CYBER FAREWELL TO KEVIN…Even as someone who worked for the same magazine as Kevin for two years — albeit on different coasts — I still feel like most of what I know about him I know from reading his blog. Not just the basic facts of his life, but his sensibility: rigorous, analytical, slightly […]
Zachary Roth
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Thumpin’ to Conclusions
n the days after last falls midterm election, Republican leaders and conservative pundits quickly unified around an explanation for the partys woeful showing. The GOP, they informed us, had lost Congress because it just wasnt conservative enough. Our voters stopped thinking of us as the party of principle because we lost our commitment to and […]
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Thumpin’ to Conclusions
n the days after last falls midterm election, Republican leaders and conservative pundits quickly unified around an explanation for the partys woeful showing. The GOP, they informed us, had lost Congress because it just wasnt conservative enough. Our voters stopped thinking of us as the party of principle because we lost our commitment to and […]
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The Upstart
The single biggest fault line in todays Democratic Party is between those who think that expanding international trade is the key to our prosperity, and those who think that its whats putting that prosperity at risk. And in that debate, last falls midterms seemed to boost the latter faction: from Virginia to Montana, voters chose […]
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THE US PATENT OFFICE DISCOVERS THE INTERNET
THE US PATENT OFFICE DISCOVERS THE INTERNET…Some would argue there are sexier topics, but the news that the US patent office is finally entering the internet age by posting patent applications online, and inviting comments from experts around the world, deserves attention. Giving examiners access to the range of technical expertise that exists online, rather […]
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EVERY WHICH WAY YOU WANT…
EVERY WHICH WAY YOU WANT…With the verdict in the Libby trial due any day now, some of us here at the Monthly got to thinking. Many leading conservatives have downplayed the importance of the entire Plame-Wilson affair from the start. And once it became clear that the only prosecution in the case would be for […]
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Lets Do Lunch
Last Novembers Democratic victory catapulted party leaders like Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and Rahm Emanuel into prominence. But its not just those with a capital D after their names whose fortunes are on the rise these days. The changeover on Capitol Hill has reordered virtually every aspect of Washingtons political culture. In so doing, it […]
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WE INTERRUPT THIS BROADCAST
WE INTERRUPT THIS BROADCAST…Ever wanted to see Washington Monthly editor in chief Paul Glastris covering just about everything from the Surge to Obama to the Libby trial to campaign-finance reform, with Slate‘s Mickey Kaus? Well, thanks to Bloggingheads TV, here’s your chance. Check it out.
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HOLDING BAD PUNDITS ACCOUNTABLE PART 671…From today’s Washington Post: Senate Republicans scuttled broad legislation last night to curtail lobbyists’ influence and tighten congressional ethics rules, refusing to let the bill pass without a vote on an unrelated measure that would give President Bush virtual line-item-veto power. The guiding force behind this cynical gambit? New GOP […]
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THAT WAS QUICK
THAT WAS QUICK…On Monday, we released our new cover story, which argues that for Democrats, embracing public financing of congressional elections would be not just good policy, but good politics too, since it would level the financial playing field that currently favors the GOP. Then yesterday, not 30 hours later, Senate number two Dick Durbin […]
