Reply
Don’t take my word for it. Gideon Levy in Ha’aretz. Gershom Gorenberg in The American Prospect. Picnic time in the Holy Land. … Continue reading
MaxSpeak
First in a series. I’m reading his intermediate macro textbook (fourth edition). Cost me ten bucks (including shipping). It is somewhat of a novelty among intermediate texts because he adheres to a “Real Business Cycle” (RBC) perspective. SDW blogs here. … Continue reading
I went to a Nader rally in 2000 and heard Phil Donahue speak. He was terrific. I like this interview, including the linked articles. It reflects some of my central obsessions. … Continue reading
Apparently Virginia is not for lovers, unless you exceed the age floor. Moreover, the Manassas police will take pictures of your junk. Kids, if you visit the Civil War battlefields, don’t roll out the cannon. … Continue reading
A continuing series. Art Goldhammer, your go-to guy for all things France, in the New York Times. Rick Perlstein, with a new book and a new website. … Continue reading
The often interesting Noah Smith offers a dubious contrast of intellectual vibrancy of left vs. right. On the right we have the Yuval Levin/National Affairs crowd, who as others have observed enjoy little support from the raging id that is the … Continue reading
Don’t take my word for it. J.J. Goldberg in the The Jewish Daily Forward. Noam Sheizaf in 972+. Yossi Sarid in Ha’aretz. Alex Kane in Mondoweiss. Another former Shin Bet head going dovish. … Continue reading
(Warning, rant ahead.) Today’s datapoint in a continuing series: Human Rights Watch gets a letter from Nobel Peace Prize winners. Clausewitz said “War is the continuation of Politik by other means.” MaxSpeak says human rights politics are the prelude to … Continue reading
I’m a bit unsatisfied with the final graphs of my Inequality-who-cares post from yesterday. Herewith a few attempts at clarification and extension, probably not for the last time. There should be no question that for many, many people, faster economic … Continue reading