September 2, 2010






In Too Deep



 
Matthew Yglesias & Matt Welch
Sep 2

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The “end” of “combat” in Iraq, the future of US foreign policy
Matts clash over Obama and the deficit
The billionaire Koch brothers and the power of political donors
Is money actually not that important in politics?
Assessing Obama on Israel-Palestine
Midterm mystery: What would Speaker Boehner actually do?

The Economy and the Midterms



 
Noam Scheiber & Megan McArdle
Sep 1

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Evidence that government support for housing backfired
Rethinking the stimulus
Is the bond market about to freak out over the national debt?
The real nightmare scenario: Chinese economic crackup
How doomed are Democrats, exactly?
Can Obama just blame it all on Bush?

What We Talk About When We Talk About Palin



 
Rebecca Traister & Liz Mair
Aug 31

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Why hasn’t the left produced its own Sarah Palin?
Liz: Pro-life isn’t anti-woman
How Roe v. Wade reshaped the world of American women
Problems with the “end of men” thesis
Palin and the mommy wars
Hey, what about the dads who want to stay at home?

Poetaster Edition



 
Hussein Ibish & Eli Lake
Aug 30

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How Eli and Hussein went from antagonists to friends
Is Middle East Studies a bankrupt field?
Mideast peace (in under five minutes)
How could peace talks get derailed? Let Eli count the ways
Hussein takes on his far-left critics
The incredible importance of building Palestinian institutions

Summer of Recovery



 
Mark Schmitt & Stephen Spruiell
Aug 29

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Is Obama more Carter than Reagan?
The arguments for and against a bigger stimulus
Does the Fed know what it’s doing?
How inequality is at the root of the Great Recession
The first flickers of a new social contract
Has Obama been dishonest about the economy?

Values Added: Christians and Immigrants



 
Chuck Currie & Michael B. Dougherty
Aug 28

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Pews and pulpits in tension over immigration reform
When theological aspirations meet an economic downturn
The barriers to Christian-Muslim interfaith understanding
Anti-Muslim rhetoric vs. the 1800s’ anti-Catholic movement
Religion and the grubby politics of immigration reform
Examining hipster Christians

Science Saturday: Radioactive Edition



 
John Horgan & George Johnson
Aug 28

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John goes nuclear
George questions folk wisdom about cancer
The power of palliative care for the terminally ill
A $93,000 vaccine for prostate cancer
George surveys the latest in cancer research
Archaeological plunder and the illegal artifacts trade

The Week in Blog: Shiny-Object August



 
Bill Scher & Nicole Kurokawa
Aug 27

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The quest for a narrative to explain the midterms
Boehner’s wiliness and the rudiments of a GOP policy agenda
The fuzzy line between being in and out of Iraq
Everybody hates Alan Simpson…
...and nobody’s happy about Social Security
Brinksmanship on ending the Bush tax cuts

Communitas: The Hungry American



 
Kate MacKenzie & Katherine Mangu-Ward
Aug 26

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Kate on City Harvest, a food rescue organization
The paradox of the hungry obese person
Is the problem lack of healthy food, or unhealthy food culture?
Considering state-subsidized supermarkets
Food stamps (and the hipsters who love them)
Trying to live on a few bucks per meal

Lobbying for Acknowledgment



 
Timothy Noah & James Pinkerton
Aug 25

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Establishment vs. insurgents in Tuesday’s primaries
Why hasn’t the government just hired the unemployed?
Jim: Obama is a “funny kind of radical”
Tim and Jim conspire to start a new political party
Is America failing at medical innovation?
Stems cells, health care reform, and the war on disease

Do-Si-Do Edition



 
Heather Hurlburt & Daniel Drezner
Aug 24

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Does the mosque debate hurt national security?
Dan: The debate should be vociferous, the project should be built
On Iran, Heather sees similarities to the Iraq war run-up
Is there any reason for optimism about Israeli-Palestinian talks?
Waiting for a Great Man to solve our problems
Salacious gossip about a possible purge at Cato

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O’Hanlon-Pollack op-ed
O’Hanlon-Pollack op-ed
Times op-ed, “The War as We Saw It”
The 2005 Public Opinion Quarterly reviewing polling on public attitudes toward Iraq
Giuliani’s Foreign Affairs essay
Edwards’s Foreign Affairs essay
Matthew Yglesias on Giuliani
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James Joyner on Giuliani
Dan on John Edwards
Dan’s exchange with Glenn Greenwald, 1
Dan’s exchange with Glenn Greenwald, 2
Dan’s exchange with Glenn Greenwald, 3
Greenwald on the “foreign policy community,” 1
Greenwald on the “foreign policy community,” 2
Paul Krugman essay on liquidity traps
Roundup of Megan-hate
Dan’s March 2003 archives
Megan says, “Don’t Panic!”


Bokonon: Jim invokes the Powell Doctrine in the war against Alzheimer's. 

look: What do Bob and Byron have in common? 

rcocean: Cats LOL. 

ledocs: Bob’s use of praeteritio here could have been more subtle. 

Bokonon: I think this little snippet shows just how much Bob has grown since he read my post. 

listener: I’ll be here all week, folks. And don’t forget to tip your waitress! 

Bokonon: We’ve been suspecting this for quite a while now. 

graz: Hey … preach it if you feel so inclined! 

sapeye: Apparently John doesn’t completely agree with Maureen Dowd. 

Bokonon: The Self-Reflexive Scandal. 

uncle ebeneezer: New Talking Mickey Kaus Doll! Just pull the string and it says.... 

Simon Willard: My big chance to engage Bob in a substantive discussion, and this is what I get. 

chamblee54: The acronym for this is wiz. 

Bokonon: Bob throws down the gauntlet with a very techie euphemism in the wankfest war. 

graz: The video equivalent of the godfather kiss of death. 

Ocean: I couldn’t refute Michelle G’s description of parenthood. 

propagandhi: The ev psych dissection of Chris Bosh. 

Bokonon: The origin of Norman Bates. 

T.G.G.P : Methinks she doth protest too much. Did that laugh sound forced to anyone else? 

uncle ebeneezer: McChrystal ... or Phil Jackson? 

uncle ebeneezer: No wonder we’ve all been acting so impulsively since Bob asked us not to use sarcasm! 

bjkeefe: Censorship! or, the new BhTV tagline? 

graz: A telling slip. 

listener: FDR: The real Miracle Worker. 

Simon Willard: I think I learned a new word. 

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