The Washington Post just committed suicide today. Unfortunately, the Post isn’t quite yet aware of that fact. Former Post reporter Mike Allen, now at Politico, is the messenger, informing us of one DC’s most remarkable invites: “Underwriting Opportunity: An evening with the right people can alter the debate,” says the one-page flier. “Underwrite and participate…
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N. Gregory Mankiw and the coercive power of the state
In the Sunday Washington Post, a variety of economic types are given the opportunity to sound off on President Obama’s tax proposals. Dr. Mankiw, who’s often appeared in these posts, is, unsurprisingly, unenthused, though he notes politely that the tax rates Obama is proposing aren’t really that bad. He concludes his thoughts with the following…
The Revenge of Krugman
Paul Krugman is apparently tired of being called “shrill” while wearing his “columnist” hat, particularly, so it would seem, when the label is applied by the Washington Post’s own David S. “Massively Boring” Broder. Since I read Dave’s column on a fitful basis, I’ve never caught him in the act of dissing Paul, but presumably…
Moral Obtusities in Collision
That smacking sound you may have heard this morning was the thick head of John R. “Funny Moustache” Bolton crashing into the combined thick heads of Henry “Moral Bankruptcy” Kissinger and George “I thought he knew better” Shultz. A couple of weeks back Henry and George combined for a stunning exercise in moral evasion in…
Two and 44/100s cheers for capitalism
A fascinating story in the September 9 Washington Post tells the tale of a come on practiced by some DC-area car dealers: Come on down and win $30,000 in cash! Or a Silverado truck! Or a flatscreen TV! Or a voucher for 150 gallons of gas! Now, granted, the odds that anyone would win any…
Surge n’ Pause, n’ Pause n’ Pause
OK, enuff with the Mary Worth stuff. I’m also an expert on foreign policy. Seriously! In today’s Washington Post, we learn that “Pentagon leaders” want to delay any reduction in U.S. troops in Iraq for at least another Friedman unit—that fabled six months after which “we’ll know a lot more” and our “real but fragile”…
Mary, Mary, Mary, Mary. Oh, and Mark too
Back in the day, and what a day it was, too, the Washington Post comics page would stack Mary Worth, Zippy the Pinhead, and Mark Trail right one on top of one another. The Zipster’s labored, po-mo, self-referencing meta facetiousness, combined with Mark’s two-fisted, straight from the fifties outdoor action and Mary’s two-fisted, straight from…
Lester Young—“Jammin’ the Blues”
Filmed back in 1944, this is simply the coolest jazz video ever, starting out with an opening shot of Lester Young’s pork pie hat. (Sorry, but if I had to tell you, you’re not quite as cool as you might be.) Lester Young is the coyest, least satisfying of the great jazz musicians. He broke…
David Broder is a liar
Ken Silverstein blows a massive hole in David Broder’s credibility right here. The trouble started with reports that Big Dave was giving speeches at political fund-raising events and lobbbyists’ conventions. Broder refused to speak to Silverstein about this, because reporters don’t have to answer questions, and, when asked about it by Washington Post omsbudsman Deborah…
Milton Coleman, a brother in the barrio
Hugo Chavez and Milton Coleman Last week, the Washington Post ran a stultifyingly stupid “essay” by Post Editor Milton Coleman, describing in absurd detail Coleman’s encounter with Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez. Hugo’s bad-boy swagger had Coleman weak in the knees from the get-go, and nine hours later, well, let Milton tell it: “We exchanged smiles,…