Update on Abu Ghraib DHinMI on Daily Kos has a good roundup of recent developments in the Abu Ghraib investigation. The punch line: as many of us predicted from the beginning, more and more evidence is emerging that the torture methods used in the prison were approved at the very highest levels of the military […]

Not That They Wanted to See it Anyway … … but Teens banned from Moore film: THE US film ratings board has ruled Michael Moore’s controversial Fahrenheit 9/11 film cannot be viewed by people under 17 unless they are accompanied by an adult, sparking an immediate appeal from the distributors. … The Motion Picture Association […]

More Grownups Speaking Out Following up on the previous post by Kash, I see that Dan Drezner has some semi-inside information from the Council on Foreign Relations National Meeting. In short, none of the grownups — at least none not currently part of the administration or the RNC — seem happy: Those on the liberal […]

Some of the Grownups Speak Out Brad DeLong has repeatedly asked in dismay “where are the grownups in the Republican party?” Well, today’s Washington Post is reporting that a group of grownup Republicans and Democrats will be speaking out this week against the Bush administration’s handling of foreign policy: Angered by President Bush’s conduct of […]

New Data on Outsourcing The BLS released new estimates this week of the number of jobs lost in the US to outsourcing. The BLS data lends support to an argument that I have made here before: outsourcing has not been a major source of the weak US labor market. Note that the BLS data is […]

The Reagan is Full Tonight Given Reagan’s status as “the greatest leader of the free world in the 20th Century,” I think this suggestion from physicist Robert Park’s latest newsletter is a great idea: THE REAGAN LEGACY: AN EPONYMOUS EPIDEMIC GRIPS WASHINGTON. The Ronald Reagan Legacy Project is dedicated to making sure that Americans are […]

Gmail So apparently Gmail is a hot commodity, though prices are falling as Google increases supply (fancy that!). As part of the expanding supply, Gmail is now offering me the chance to invite others to have Beta access. I don’t know how many I have, but if any long-time and/or frequent commenters would like an […]

Giblets, Fafnir, and The Medium Lobster If the title of this post is a mystery to you, then you should click here to read the Parable of Chris’s Stuff. AB

Moral Clarity I’m glad to see that Bush is taking the lead in providing “moral clarity”. From yesterday’s press conference: QUESTION: Mr. President, I wanted to return to the question of torture. What we’ve learned from these memos this week is that the Department of Justice lawyers and the Pentagon lawyers have essentially worked out […]

Fighting the Reagan Economic Myth In today’s NY Times, Paul Krugman makes an attempt at halting the avalanche of Reagan myth-building that we’ve had to endure this week. It’s a good effort, but I’m skeptical that his voice of reason will be heard above the roar of the delirious crowd. Kash