Posts Tagged ‘James-Joyner’

$20 per gallon

August 3rd, 2009 | No Comments

 Apparently some guy named Chris Steiner wrote a book called $20 Per Gallon: How the Inevitable Rise in the Price of Gasoline Will Change Our Lives for the Better.  It’s gathering some chatter from peeps I enjoy and occasionally respect. Andrew Sullivan loved it: $20 a gallon is about the only thing that could unleash [...]

Republican death spiral?

January 30th, 2009 | No Comments

People are already judging the Republicans based on what has transpired in the last week or so.  James Joyner, who I admire a lot, has written an excellent piece over at Outside the Beltway.  The problem he addresses is the issue of the Republicans being either obstructionist, or perceived as obstructionist, by not supporting some [...]

James Joyner outs Democrat “traitors”

August 25th, 2007 | 4 Comments

This is precious.  Since Joyner published this very publicly, and I’m sure doesn’t want it kept secret, I’m just gonna post the whole thing here: Matt Stoler is leading the charge for the Netroots to root out the “Bush Dogs” from the Democratic Party, purging it of the impure traitors who do not buy into [...]

How corrupt is Congress?

June 11th, 2007 | 4 Comments

I read an excellent comment on Outside the Beltway. I’d like to just post the whole thing here, but that’s discouraged. So, I’ll just lift the best part: Perhaps naively, I still believe genuine corruption among Congressmen and other major officials in American politics is an aberration rather than routine. The people who aspire to [...]