- “"It amazes me how the chattering and governing classes don't get just how bad a shape this country is really”
Posted on How Afghanistan's Fate May Seal Our Own November 17, 2009 10:40 PM - “Sorry, but I don't think I've ever seen a more classic example of "projection" -- that is, of someone psychologizing”
Posted on How Afghanistan's Fate May Seal Our Own November 14, 2009 3:39 AM - “I forgot to make clear that the Brooks comment about community councils in Afghanistan that sounds like an endorsement of”
Posted on How Afghanistan's Fate May Seal Our Own November 13, 2009 8:11 PM - “This is really too wonderful not to translate for people who don't read Spanish! So let me try, with special”
Posted on How Afghanistan's Fate May Seal Our Own November 13, 2009 8:08 PM - “You're wrong. Wesley Clark was a former NATO commander, and his combat experience and sophistication equal McChrystal's. Nowhere did I”
Posted on How Afghanistan's Fate May Seal Our Own November 13, 2009 6:26 PM - “It is getting extremely boring responding to people who won't read the Dissent essay that is the centerpiece of the”
Posted on How Afghanistan's Fate May Seal Our Own November 13, 2009 6:23 PM - “Sorry, wrong link in the other comment. Check this: http://www.militarytimes.com/news/2009/11/military_unfityouths_recruiting_110309w/”
Posted on How Afghanistan's Fate May Seal Our Own November 13, 2009 10:02 AM - “Check this: http://edit.talkingpointsmemo.com/cgi-bin/mt-current/mt.cgi”
Posted on How Afghanistan's Fate May Seal Our Own November 13, 2009 9:57 AM - “Destor23 -- If you would read the Dissent essay that occasioned this post, you would see a reference to the”
Posted on How Afghanistan's Fate May Seal Our Own November 13, 2009 3:08 AM - “Fred, I'm not obligated to defend Glenn Greenwald, who is no Siamese twin to me, but to the extent that”
Posted on Do Lieberman and Brooks Know What Time It Is? November 10, 2009 9:07 PM - “....and via Jim Sleeper: http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/10/30/here_he_goes_again/index.php”
Posted on Do Lieberman and Brooks Know What Time It Is? November 10, 2009 4:07 PM - “Thanks, Dave. And yes, alas, we've been here all too often.”
Posted on Do Lieberman and Brooks Know What Time It Is? November 10, 2009 1:36 PM - “I certainly do wish that TPM readers had time or inclination to read the two brief, linked Daily News columns”
Posted on Do Lieberman and Brooks Know What Time It Is? November 10, 2009 11:44 AM - “A "defense"? Who or what do you think I'm defending?”
Posted on Do Lieberman and Brooks Know What Time It Is? November 10, 2009 11:23 AM - “Yes, Donald J, Brooks has written this kind of column more than once. Here's a column of mine that cites”
Posted on Here They Go Again November 4, 2009 1:59 AM - “An off-screen commenter congratulated me today for being a such a terrific hater of David Brooks. That's not quite the”
Posted on Here They Go Again October 31, 2009 8:21 PM - “Well, depending on what you mean, you might offend me and some of fellow commenters here at TPM. I'm not”
Posted on Obama's Civil Religion -- and Theirs October 28, 2009 1:42 PM - “I have no idea. But even though yours is not a question but a statement, I'll add that the editorial”
Posted on Obama's Civil Religion -- and Theirs October 28, 2009 10:53 AM - “Thanks for raising this issue, Destor23. By "today's liberal free-for-all," I mean basically the tendency of classically liberal marketplace to”
Posted on Obama's Civil Religion -- and Theirs October 28, 2009 10:25 AM - “Obama believes that he is playing a long, slow game, against tremendous odds, with only limited support from people who”
Posted on Obama's Civil Religion -- and Theirs October 28, 2009 3:35 AM - “Agreed. I just hope you're not underestimating the supposed primitives in caves -- or overestimating how primitive we ourselves are”
Posted on Obama's Civil Religion -- and Theirs October 28, 2009 3:30 AM - “Well, this comment is pretty much a rant by someone who has read the piece through a lens that's worn”
Posted on Obama's Civil Religion -- and Theirs October 28, 2009 3:26 AM - “Here at TPM I recently wrote two posts on the important problem of corporate "free speech" in campaigns, which commenter”
Posted on Obama's Civil Religion -- and Theirs October 27, 2009 8:53 PM - “There's a lot more to say about the meaning(s) of "liberal" than I have time for here, but my post”
Posted on What 'Liberal' Academy? October 23, 2009 9:16 AM - “You're right! Sorry for the spelling mistake. Here's the column: http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?articleId=11362”
Posted on What 'Liberal' Academy? October 22, 2009 8:54 AM - “The main reason I wrote this post at this time was to call attention to a Chronicle of Higher Education”
Posted on What 'Liberal' Academy? October 22, 2009 3:00 AM - “Oops, that's www.georgescialabba.net”
Posted on What 'Liberal' Academy? October 21, 2009 10:07 PM - “Whoah, let me put in a word for serious conservative scholarship here. In his book What Are Intellectuals Good For?,”
Posted on What 'Liberal' Academy? October 21, 2009 9:54 PM - “Bernie, We all know that Jeffrey Goldberg was in the Israeli army, but I can't help but notice that he”
Posted on Jeffrey Goldberg's Absurdly Cheap Shot October 20, 2009 2:37 PM - “Bill, You're quite right that Kennan despaired of democracy and at times wrote as if he'd never actually believed in”
Posted on Can Anything Change the Conversation? Maybe This Can. September 20, 2009 6:01 AM











