meganmcardle.theatlantic.com - 2/12/2009
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Arnold Kling compares the Obama and Bush administrations to gangs of thugs raiding his home. James Wolcott accuses him of racism. I know Arnold, and I've never met someone more mild-mannered and
circumspect. His idea of an excited polemic is about what I use to
order my morning ...
politics.theatlantic.com - 2/19/2009
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politics.theatlantic.com —
SACRAMENTO-While tensions are rising between President Obama and
Congressional Republicans, California's Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says he...
is eager for more opportunities to partner with Obama on big issues like health care and energy. ...
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President Obama's Top Republican Ally
dynamist.com - 2/13/2009
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dynamist.com —
At Brink Lindsey's invitation, I've recently participated in
a couple of events--an informal, private dinner in DC...
and a formal, public panel at Stanford--designed to foster alliances between liberals and libertarians (or classical liberals), or to ...
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Liberals, Libertarians, and the CPSIA
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Elections have consequences: Megan McArdle edition.
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... PS: You know what else is inevitable? Being called a racist by a liberal when he or she thinks that he or she can get away with it. As will happen to Megan for her slam of Waters, and never mind her past support of Obama. ...
Obama The Thug, Ctd.
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
... Megan defends Kling. His shift on Keynesian economics seems to me a fair point but in full context, the racism innuendo is unfair. Poor wording and a little excitable, at the most. But not in any way racist. ...
Unstimulating
Dean's World —
... you so” department:
Will the stimulus actually stimulate? Economists say no
WASHINGTON — The compromise economic stimulus plan agreed to by negotiators from the House of Representatives and the Senate is short on incentives to get consumers spending again and long on social goals that won’t stimulate economic activity, according to a range of respected economists.
Meanwhile, in intellectually unstimulating news, a bizarre attack on Arnold Kling becomes an even more bizarre attack on Megan McArdle that ...
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