Archive for September, 2006
McCave
So, the three principled, moderate, rebel Senators that were holding out on the President’s plan to give his torture policies Congressional sanction? Turns out? Not so principled. The compromise piece of legislation they’ve put together has some strong words about upholding the Geneva Conventions, but allows Bush to continue doing all the bad things he’s [...]
The District’s Self-Absorbed Commentariat
So, I am frequently bothered by writing about the city of Washington, mainly because so much of it is done by political types, who tend to inflate the importance of political stuff within the city by, on average, a hundredfold. A lot of times this manifests itself as moronic ruminations on the charms of a [...]
European Employment
So, I’ve been mulling over this post, which discusses the findings of this paper, since I read it yesterday afternoon. The paper concludes, more or less, that economists ought to stop insisting that labor market rigidities and generous social policies in Europe are the source of their unemployment, because between 2000 and 2005, employment numbers for [...]
Slow Lerner
The collapse of the Herb Miller development deal for the land just north of the new baseball stadium isn’t really that surprising to me. It’s unfortunate that it will set back development on that land, and it’s too bad that for the opening season, attendees will most likely have to walk past the grandeur of [...]
Softening the Conservative Image
So this (you may need to be a subscriber to read) is about the fifth profile of the current PM dustup I’ve read. They’re all very similar: they mention the Islington compact between Blair and Brown, they describe the way in which the parties have recently tried to destroy their traditional images by grabbing the [...]
Update
Hey, guys. Just wanted to note that as PhD stuff starts moving forward this week and next, and as work simultaneously intensifies, the posting rate may fall somewhat over the next ten days. Once I get myself into my new routine, things should pick up again. Also, a word about comments. Thank you all for [...]
Beware the Militants With No Bellybutton
Yesterday, Wonkette razzed the seemingly unreadably dull Hill blog for being one of the more uninteresting collections of words in the ‘sphere. But right in the middle of their examples we find breaking news: We must refocus our military efforts from the failed occupation of Iraq to what we should have been doing all along: [...]
Reverend Waterboard
So, regarding my earlier question, see this. And I hate when people say stuff like worst idea ever, but yeah, I mean this is.
D.C.: Much Safer Than Everyone Thinks
So, I saw this this morning and grumbled a bit. I know Wonkette’s being funny, but the local news organizations will pick up the story, and everyone outside the Beltway will shake their head and say, that’s why WE don’t live in the city or ever visit except on very bright Sunday afternoons when we [...]
Professional Competition
I have to tell you, I’m not sure I understand this post from Ezra Klein at all. He’s saying, I think, that focusing on high-skills immigration is a really good way to help developing nations. And he saying, I think, that we don’t pursue those policies because when you get down to it, the professionals [...]