Category Archives: Show Business for Ugly People

Mike T has an excellent chart, taken from a study by Rep. Henry Waxman (D-California) on the effect of the proposed tax cut on dividends. If you believe that proper presentation is the key to winning political battles, take note … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Via Left Leaner comes this story about ads attacking GOP Senators who opposed President Bush’s latest mega tax cut. The ads are run by a conservative GOP group, the Club for Growth. “Not only is this a defeat for the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

If you’re looking for evidence that the national Democrats are done playing along with the President, look no further than this pictoral guide to promises President Bush has made and the subsequent actions he took. It’s pretty compelling stuff. Thanks … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Bill Clinton was in Austin yesterday and gave a speech about current events. I’m a little low on energy today thanks to a cold, so I’ll just point out this funny line by Liz Carpenter, the former press secretary to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Kevin offers his opinion of Heather Hurlburt’s article about the Democrats’ lack of strength on foreign policy as well as his personal experience: When I was working on a masters degree in defense and strategic studies, I can’t recall any … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Some good stuff out there regarding the nomination of Michael McConnell to the Tenth Circuit bench by Matthew Yglesias, Sam Heldman, Jeff Cooper (here and here), and Nathan Newman. It is funny, in a pathetic sort of way, given what … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Atrios prints a letter from a reader named D.M. which discusses this Thomas Sowell column. He notes the following items from Sowell: According to the U.S. Bureau of the Census, in 2000 median income in the United States reached `the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I see that the President has a full schedule for his time off: Jackson [Mississippi] is among the 15 cities Bush intends to visit during his monthlong working vacation at his 1,600-acre ranch. There are so many things wrong with … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Via Joe Conanson comes this FindLaw column that lays out further the case against Priscilla Owen, Judicial Activist. Cragg Hines stays on it as well. Continue reading →

Brad DeLong shows us an interesting memo from 1993 that measures budget deficits of the 1980s by Presidential versus Congressional component. You know how blame for the deficits in those days always seemed to go to the irresponsible, spendthrift Congress? … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Apparently, the Chron editorial page was taken over by a Republican National Committee member with a talking points list today. That’s the only explanation I can come up with for this entry, which uses the phrase “death tax” and makes … Continue reading → Continue reading →

President Bush is lobbying for Priscilla Owen, a Texas Supreme Court judge and nominee for the federal bench, to get a hearing from the Senate Judiciary Committee. You can argue about whether the Committee is being needlessly obstructionist or just … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The soon-to-be-eponymously-domained Matthew Yglesias points to this week’s PunditWatch, which contains the following bits: I want to reassure our audience, they could be forgiven for not being sure who Larry Klayman is, because when he was filing an avalanche against … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Charles Dodgson disputes Josh Marshall’s take on the Joshua Green story about how much Team Bush has spent on polling. Says Dodgson It’s not as if I’ve been any particular friend of the Bush administration, but complaining that it’s “cynical” … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Lawrence Kaplan in The New Republic writes about the limits of America to influence events in the Mideast. One of the reasons for this is the fact that our current policy is contradictory. But the principal reason the Bush administration … Continue reading → Continue reading →

George Will breaks out the Conservative Pundit Weapon of Mass Destruction by comparing Dubya to Clinton for his apostacy on protectionism. You know, I just want to say that I don’t think conservative scribes and talking heads fully appreciate the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Matt Welch recently pointed out a bizarre interview in the Chicago Tribune with Ralph Nader. I don’t normally do this sort of thing, but I think this deserves some deconstructing. I’m going to quote selectively, so go to the link … Continue reading → Continue reading →