http://www.matthewyglesias.com/ a reality-based weblog en Copyright 2008 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:02:19 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Okay, kids. I need to pack this computer up and drive to Santa Fe. By the time I make it there, I think we're going to be in the transition window during which you shouldn't see any new posts. Soon... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/matthewyglesias_nosports/~3/112422670/ http://www.matthewyglesias.com/archives/2007/04/a_weekend_of_significant_trans/ Miscellaneous Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:02:19 -0500 http://www.matthewyglesias.com/archives/2007/04/a_weekend_of_significant_trans/ Huh. Looks like there was more than one "did they really ask that question?" moment in the Democratic debate. Ed Kilgore reports: Obama had some of the most interesting moments. He initially flubbed a "gotcha" question about America's "three top... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/matthewyglesias_nosports/~3/112351065/ http://www.matthewyglesias.com/archives/2007/04/friends_list/ Foreign Policy Fri, 27 Apr 2007 02:01:30 -0500 http://www.matthewyglesias.com/archives/2007/04/friends_list/ Looking for debate info, I found this: Asked what she would do if two American cities were simultaneously attacked, Clinton let 'er rip. "Having been a senator during 9/11, I understand the extraordinary horror of that kind of attack," she... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/matthewyglesias_nosports/~3/112312849/ http://www.matthewyglesias.com/archives/2007/04/what_was_the_question/ Foreign Policy Thu, 26 Apr 2007 22:01:31 -0500 http://www.matthewyglesias.com/archives/2007/04/what_was_the_question/ David Broder, of course, is a -- if not the -- pillar of the dread Washington Media Establishment. At the same time, it's become so fashionable to mock him these days, one has to wonder if he really is such... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/matthewyglesias_nosports/~3/112289828/ http://www.matthewyglesias.com/archives/2007/04/beyond_broder/ Media Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:20:24 -0500 http://www.matthewyglesias.com/archives/2007/04/beyond_broder/ I missed the airtime of Bill Moyers' widely discussed inquiry into the media and the Iraq War, but I've been perusing some of the additional features on the show's website and there's some remarkable stuff there. Here's Scott Ritter: And... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/matthewyglesias_nosports/~3/112184203/ http://www.matthewyglesias.com/archives/2007/04/buying_the_war/ Media Thu, 26 Apr 2007 11:56:29 -0500 http://www.matthewyglesias.com/archives/2007/04/buying_the_war/ I imagine people who woke up on Eastern time have already gone through most of the BS in Joe Lieberman's Washington Post op-ed, but let's note his characterization here of congressional liberals: "Rather than supporting Gen. Petraeus, they are threatening... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/matthewyglesias_nosports/~3/112170028/ http://www.matthewyglesias.com/archives/2007/04/support_the_generals/ Media Thu, 26 Apr 2007 10:50:30 -0500 http://www.matthewyglesias.com/archives/2007/04/support_the_generals/ The more I think about this idea, the less I like it. I could imagine forms in which I'd support something along these lines, but the budgetary costs involved are staggering and the strategic rationale is thin. The political rationale,... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/matthewyglesias_nosports/~3/111945338/ http://www.matthewyglesias.com/archives/2007/04/more_big_army/ Foreign Policy Wed, 25 Apr 2007 15:36:57 -0500 http://www.matthewyglesias.com/archives/2007/04/more_big_army/ I see a fair number of people, including Brian Beutler, disquieted by Barack Obama's call for the addition of 92,000 ground soldiers to the American military. It's important to note that this has become pretty much a standard Democratic policy... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/matthewyglesias_nosports/~3/111906517/ http://www.matthewyglesias.com/archives/2007/04/obama_and_the_100000/ Foreign Policy Wed, 25 Apr 2007 12:50:13 -0500 http://www.matthewyglesias.com/archives/2007/04/obama_and_the_100000/ Is Roger Simon really going to attack John Edwards for being too Christian? That's some kind of new level of lameness.... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/matthewyglesias_nosports/~3/111716829/ http://www.matthewyglesias.com/archives/2007/04/politico_plagues_by_rookie_mis/ Politics Tue, 24 Apr 2007 20:53:13 -0500 http://www.matthewyglesias.com/archives/2007/04/politico_plagues_by_rookie_mis/ A good observation from Ezra Klein on Barack Obama's foreign policy address. Obama says of Iraq: In 2002, I stated my opposition to the war in Iraq, not only because it was an unnecessary diversion from the struggle against the... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/matthewyglesias_nosports/~3/111670495/ http://www.matthewyglesias.com/archives/2007/04/reasons/ Foreign Policy Tue, 24 Apr 2007 16:40:26 -0500 http://www.matthewyglesias.com/archives/2007/04/reasons/ I'm hear at my undisclosed vacation location (Not Santa Fe -- ha! -- that's coming later) and you can expect blogging throughout the week to be somewhat sporadic. Tim Lee has a good column about technologu patents run amok in... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/matthewyglesias_nosports/~3/111577150/ http://www.matthewyglesias.com/archives/2007/04/patent_terror/ Domestic Policy Tue, 24 Apr 2007 09:52:10 -0500 http://www.matthewyglesias.com/archives/2007/04/patent_terror/ I heard some cranky radio dude while in a cab from the airport going on and on about how Bush's reaction to Gonzalez' testimony was the surest proof yet that he was a man of principle who didn't listen to... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/matthewyglesias_nosports/~3/111500833/ http://www.matthewyglesias.com/archives/2007/04/resolved_pay_more_attention_to/ Tue, 24 Apr 2007 03:30:51 -0500 http://www.matthewyglesias.com/archives/2007/04/resolved_pay_more_attention_to/