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I think that Obama is working to revive moderate conservatism. But conservatism was intellectually bankrupt by the time of the Reagan admini...

One source of hope seems to me likely to be the South. In ten years time, the BP oil disaster, and perhaps other environmental failures, wil...

[based on my comment on Brad Delong's journal] I think US national policy has returned to its habitual deadlock. It's not clear to...

It is not enough, seemingly, to be rich and powerful beyond the wildest dreams of any wealthy class in previous history: the new aristocrats...

Over on Charlie Stross's blog I croaked, "I've decided that nuclear power has the same effect on hominid male thinking as fast...

On Republican electoral strategy: If this sounds familiar, it should: it’s the same formula the right has been using for a generation. Use i...

But you know what hasn’t worked? The big top hat, the little top hat, the giant sippy straw, the blow out preventer, toxic dispersant sold ...