▼ Author Community Vote 5 hours ago Myglesias It's Important To Be Right - — I previously expressed hope that Markos Moulitsas' American Taliban: How War, Sex, Sin, and Power Bind Jihadists and the Radical Right would be better than the publicity material suggested. Jamelle Bouie read it for The American Prospect and reports back that it isn't. yesterday Myglesias The Trouble With Pitches - I tweeted yesterday that I liked ... - — I tweeted yesterday that I liked Reihan Salam's take on Glenn Beck. That led to some vigorous pushback on Twitter from TKOed and also from Lady Z who spells her thoughts out in a good blog post. — What struck me as interesting about the controversy is the extent … yesterday Myglesias Urban Information Gaps - — Tyler Cowen did a post a few weeks ago wondering why there are so few cheap restaurants east of the Anacostia River. The ensuing discussion mostly ended up focused on the fact that he referred to that entire area as “Anacostia” whereas DC residents are in the habit … 3 days ago Myglesias Remainders: Bernanke's Speech - — Taken literally, I don't think Ben Bernanke's speech last week made any sense at all. He described a hypothetical future situation in which the inflation rate gets lower and employment growth continues to be unsatisfactory. 3 days ago Myglesias Random Density Facts - — A couple of facts about population density that I came across while my girlfriend was behind the wheel on some long drives up and down the east coast. First if Texas (268,820 square miles) were as densely populated as New Jersey (1,134 per square mile) … 3 days ago Myglesias Remainders: Beckfest - — Time to catch up on some issues I would have blogged about last week had I not been on vacation. First up—the Glenn Beck Extravaganza. I've watched a fair amount of Beck over the past two years, and it's clear that the man is a charlatan. 3 days ago Myglesias Remainders: The Koch Brothers - — Jane Mayer's article on Charles and David Koch in the New Yorker is worth reading. My colleague Lee Fang has been all over this beat for quite a while now and continues to be the person to read for the nitty-gritty. But let's do big picture on this subject. 3 days ago Myglesias Inadequate Easing in Japan - — One of the oddities of the current crisis is that throughout the 1990s it was absolutely conventional wisdom in the United States of America that Japan, though suffering from some real structural issues, was making things much worse for itself than necessary … 9 days ago Myglesias House Price Expectations - — From the department of stuff people are wrong about: … Do people understand what that would entail? — Of course housing in a particular location can become more desirable relative to housing elsewhere, but there's no reason housing in general should increase … 9 days ago Myglesias Fed Split - Kill me now as the WSJ makes it clear that the FOMC ... - — Kill me now as the WSJ makes it clear that the FOMC is sharply divided over monetary policy: “At least seven of the 17 Fed officials gathered around the massive oval boardroom table, made of Honduran mahogany and granite, spoke against the proposal or expressed reservations.

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