Wonkette (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Knock-knock! Ezra Klein, are you there? So. There is sexual predator that rides the same bus as you. He knows your name. He likes you. In a sexual way. Next time you take the bus, look around you. Is there a strange man staring at you as he touches himself? THAT’S HIM! [DCist] Three [...] Washington Times - Ezra Klein - Washington Metro - Washington DC - United States...
Kung Fu Monkey (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
The first part of his interview with the head of the largest managed health care company in America is here . If you've never been over there before, rip through the archives. Ezra has a remarkably clear writing style, and manages to do an excellent job of translating arcane health care terms into things people can understand. Assuming you want to understand, and you're not just a crazy person...
BooMan Tribune (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Ezra Klein has a good breakdown of the three types of Democratic hold-outs in the House on health care reform. But it's a bit more than three types. There are anti-choicers who want to cordon off federal funds from reimbursing abortion providers. There are members of the Hispanic caucus who want undocumented workers to have access to the health exchanges. There are single-payer advocates...
Verum Serum (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
... to drive a car on public roads. If you walk or ride a bike, it’s not required. The other thing Ezra never mentions is the cost. The Democratic bill costs about $1.3 trillion if you account for the doc fix. And that’s still assuming Congress is actually going to make the medicare cuts no one believes they’ll actually make in the coming years. The Democratic bill cheats further by taking in...
nanopolitan (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
He has a review in the Barnes and Noble Review . He does have a large section about that infamous chapter [see this post for links] on global warming, but here's his take on another claim: Much attention has accrued to global warming section of the book, and we'll get to that. But for my money, the book's worst tendencies are on display in its beginning pages. There, the Freakonomists begin with an...
Firedoglake (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Liberals turned Joe Lieberman into an unprincipled opportunist.
King Politics (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Reid: 'Obama [has] faced twice as many filibusters of his nominees in his first four months as President Bush faced in his first four years' Why aren't there more Joe Lieberman's ? Thankfully, there aren't any. An insurance CEO explains why American health care costs so much . The beginning of a Republican split . CBO scores the House bill .
A Plain Blog About Politics (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Ezra Klein has a great question this morning: " Why Don't We Have More Joe Liebermans ?" There are 20 senators who could spin similar, albeit less grandiose, tales of the riches and rewards that could come from stepping into a central role on health-care reform. But most of them don't. Indeed, the reason we always end up talking about a small handful of skeptics is that the...
QandO (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Or at least they seem to have astonished Klein. Here’s one as an example: My goodness. As Klein says: There is a simple explanation for why American health care costs so much more than health care in any other country: because we pay so much more for each unit of care. Anyone – what’s missing [...]
Zandar Versus The Stupid (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Ezra Klein has a fascinating piece up on health care costs and what other contries pay for doctor's fees, tests and drugs. Your average American pays between two and ten times as much per health care item than your average Canadian , for example. There is a simple explanation for why American health care costs so much more than health care in any other country: because we pay so much...
Will Wilkinson (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Here’s Ezra Klein commenting on Matt Yglesias: It’s worth taking a moment to appreciate the fact that in a unicameral United States of America, we would now have passed both a comprehensive health care reform bill and also the most important piece of environmental legislation in the history of the world. Now that’s not the world [...]
kevin drum (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Ezra Klein writes today about Nancy Pelosi and the politics of voting in the House of Representatives: On June 26, Pelosi passed cap and trade out of the House. Many considered it a huge, unforced error. The Senate wouldn't consider the bill for many months, if it ever took it up at all. Health-care reform was in full swing. And Pelosi had just forced her most vulnerable members to take...
Slog (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
What's the deal with that last-minute abortion amendment that was added to the House health insurance reform bill? Ezra Klein explains: Rep. Bart Stupak's amendment did not make abortion illegal. And it did not block the federal government from subsidizing abortion. All it did was block it from subsidizing abortion for poorer women . Stupak's amendment stated that the public option cannot...
TalkLeft (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Ezra Klein wants to reason with Joe Lieberman. I assume it is for rhetorical effect. But the real question is how do Democrats reason with him? I think the answer is quite simple. You tell him what you will do if he filibusters health care reform - to wit, you will use reconciliation. Of course we all understand that is not the preferred course (the Parliamentarian, etc.), but here's...
One Utah (Free subscription) | yesterday
Why exactly did voters in my district vote for a Democrat if we keep getting votes that would make a Republican proud? Oh yeah! Jim Matheson is a really crappy Democrat. Yesterday, Matheson added his support to the Stupak Amendment. Let’s go to Ezra Klein to explain what that means. First, what does the [...]
