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rdan Echo engineers for js-kit, our comments company, and I have revised our link to transfer Haloscan comments to Echo, and re-designed our link to Echo directly, so I can…

Project for a New American Century

…We are in danger of squandering the opportunity and failing the challenge. We are living off the capital — both the military investments and the foreign policy achievements — built…

Looking for an Angry Bear on world trade

…have the interest and qualities needed, or forward a name. If you think Brad Setser could write several posts a month, please ask him if you know him. Best, Dan

Coping…will this influence local races?

rdan Birth and Hawaii at TPM. The House resolution to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Hawaiian statehood — which included language recognizing the state as President Obama’s birthplace, in a…

What a Pack of Blue Faced Liars

…are going to support diaper Dave Vitter (now Sotrmy Daniels is another matter hmmm) but a contest on the Democratic side is possible. We have Erick LeFleur whose main accomplishment…

Richard Perle: "Neo-conservatives don’t exist"

…fully aware of the dangers and difficulties in implementing this policy, we believe the dangers of failing to do so are far greater. We believe the U.S. has the authority…

How many "Free Trade" Economists will thank the Union?

…fooforaw: The steel company executives who showed up for Wednesday’s caucus hearing were skeptical of the “Buy American” warnings. Dan DiMicco, chief executive of Nucor Corp., dismissed as “garbage” a…

Results of the Pick your Pork Wonkathon

…endorsing) every blog critical of the stimulus package or the Wall Street Journal’s editorial’s incredibly lazy piece that Dan directed us to in Saturday Browsing was really being driven by…