The following is the text of an email I sent to NPR's Marketplace show today, after they had a hack from the WSJ editorial page spouting nonsense straight out of the "Fairtax" book. Here's the article in questionAnd my letter ( Read more... )

Alberto Gonzales manages continuously to make hi predecessor look like a staunch defender of civil liberties and the rule of law. Considering John Ashcroft was arguably crazy, perfectly happy to spy on peace groups, and offended by a statue's tit, that's saying a LOT ( Read more... )

This is a term I first saw back in the election, on Matt Yglesias's blog. (here, here, and hereBasically, how it goes is the Republicans have more partisan hacks who are willing to get up and quote the party line, defend their guys, and attack the other side, regardless of the actual events. And because of this, the Republicans act more unified, ( Read more... )