Ralph Nader Vs. David Stern
Somehow, I've wound up on Ralph Nader's press-release email list. I'm not sure how, since I certainly never signed up for it. At first I was annoyed, but it's become a reliable source of entertainment. In the latest episode, Nader casts his lot with Tim Donaghy--the disgraceful match-fixing ex–NBA referee facing up to 33 years in prison--against commissioner David Stern: READ MORE >>
There's No Accounting For Taste
This isn't something you hear every day: One of the highest-ranking federal judges in the United States, who is currently presiding over an obscenity trial in Los Angeles, has maintained a publicly accessible website featuring sexually explicit photos and videos. READ MORE >>
Oil As The New Salt?
I'm here at Plug-in Vehicles 2008 conference, sponsored by the Brookings Institution and Google.org, which features a whole bunch of cool-looking plug-in hybrids and a roster of big-name speakers discussing the promises and challenges involved in transitioning from a gasoline-base READ MORE >>
South Korea Goes Crazy Over Beef
Dani Rodrik and Tyler Cowen are having an interesting back-and-forth over Cowen's New York Times READ MORE >>
The Bush Apostate Matrix
Back To The Future?
Bill Galston's piece yesterday over at the American Prospect yesterday on the enduring popularity of big government ends with this interesting nugget: READ MORE >>
"constitutional Crisis"? Eh.
On Friday, Marc Ambinder raised the specter of a "constitutional crisis" that would result from a situation in which Barack Obama were to win the popular vote but lose the Electoral College. Ambinder says unnamed strategists from both campaigns are "chewing over" what would happen in this scenario. READ MORE >>
Capitol Hill Food Mystery Solved
One of the first things you learn upon becoming a political journalist in Washington is that, if you happen to be covering an event on Capitol Hill around lunchtime, you want to go out of your way to eat on the House side rather than the Senate side. Whereas the House cafeterias are pretty good, the Senate cafeterias are to be avoided like the plague. READ MORE >>
Iraqi Soccer Team Update
It's been a year of ups and downs for the Iraqi national soccer team. Last summer, you may recall, their improbable victory in the Asian Cup captured the hearts of soccer fans everywhere. READ MORE >>
