I’ve written two essays attempting to disprove “military Keynesianism” – the idea that military spending is the best stimulus. See this and this.In response, a reader challenged me to prove that anyone would advocate military spending or war as a fisc…
Posts Tagged ‘Bill Kristol’
Would Our Government Really Start a War to Try to Stimulate the Economy?
November 14th, 2009 |
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Norm Stamper: Obama vs. Cambridge Police: Stupid Is as Stupid Does?
July 23rd, 2009 |
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However imperfectly he may have expressed it, President Obama did the cause of improved community-police relations a huge service by pulling no punches this evening.
RJ Eskow: The Moon and Health Reform
July 22nd, 2009 |
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Why not create a new national mission, on the scale of the mission to the Moon? We’ll need to study, identify, and reduce the use of unneeded and harmful medical procedures within ten years.
TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads
July 19th, 2009 |
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Hello, fellow Muggles, and welcome to this week’s edition of your Sunday Morning Liveblog, your weekly, occasionally witty rundown of the week in political monkeyshines and the Hollow Men who rend their garments over it, whilst you sleep off y…
Michael Sigman: Language Patrol
July 13th, 2009 |
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The most risible language contortions this side of Dick Cheney’s tortured definitions of “torture” surround mavericky Sarah Palin, whose regular butchering of the English language rivals that of George W. Bush.
Juan Williams Calls Out Bill Kristol For Using Health Care “Scare Tactics” (VIDEO)
July 13th, 2009 |
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On “Fox News Sunday” today Juan Williams criticized fellow panelist Bill Kristol for using what he called “scare tactics” in making the case against the current health care reform plan.
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