▼ Author Community Vote 1 hour ago Myglesias Good Fences Make Bad Policy - — Roy Beck, head of anti-immigration group Numbers USA, and Gordon Liddy were chatting yesterday about the desirability of building an Israeli-style giant wall across the Mexican border: … I guess the thinking here is that Israel is a better-sounding example … 4 hours ago Myglesias Sex Scandals Aren't Interesting When They Involve Republicans - — Interestingly John Ensign, like David Vitter but unlike Elliot Spitzer or Eric Massa, hasn't yet been driven from public life: … Man, that John Edwards sure is a scumbag! 5 hours ago Myglesias Eric Massa - I really think that political journalists who've spent ... - — I really think that political journalists who've spent more than 20 minutes over the past 24 hours covering the Eric Massa story need to turn the TV off, turn the BlackBerry off, turn the Twitter off, shut everything down, go to a nice quiet room, take a deep breath … yesterday Myglesias The Ryan Tax Plan: Higher Taxes for 90% of Americans, Less Revenue ... - — Paul Ryan's “budget roadmap” has terrified the GOP leadership, but thrilled conservative intellectuals with its calls for sharp cuts in Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, defense … 2 days ago Myglesias The Cable News Problem - — If you live in Washington and work in politics, it's always almost shocking to read the truth about how low the ratings are for cable news. Especially when you're talking about daytime cable news in a non-election year. As Kevin Drum says “Take away the echo chamber … 2 days ago Myglesias The Value of Anonymity - It's true that being briefed by anonymous ... - — It's true that being briefed by anonymous “senior” officials is largely an exercise in getting spun, but in its defense doing on the record interviews with senior officials is also largely an exercise in getting spun. And I do think anonymity has some value … 3 days ago Myglesias Abortion Views Getting More Partisan - — Here's an interesting bit of survey analysis from Gallup. Americans' views on abortion aren't changing but are getting more sorted by party. — Here's the overall picture: — But here's a glimpse at the underlying changes: 3 days ago Myglesias GOP Says No to KSM/Gitmo Deal - — As I wrote for TAP Online, I think the main thing we learn about Rahm Emanuel from reports that he's been pushing inside the White House to strike some kind of deal with Lindsey Graham whereby KSM doesn't get a civilian trial and in exchange … 4 days ago Myglesias Bishops and Abortion - Scott Lemieux wrote yesterday: - — Scott Lemieux wrote yesterday: … In fairness, the Bishops seem to me to put quite a lot of political emphasis on institutionalized discrimination against gays and lesbians. — On the abortion point, the “life begins at conception and ends at birth” … 5 days ago Myglesias Real Talk on Health Care and Abortion - — What Theda Skocpol said: … The majority of pro-life members of congress at least claim to believe that the overall health care bill is bad. But the Stupak bloc of legislators who were willing to vote for a version of the bill …

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