Via Brad Delong, Daniel Kuhn, at his site Facts and Other Stubborn Things, brings us the “quote of the day” from libertarian economist Mario Rizzo, after learning that his signing of a document headed “Economists for Romney” proved to be a source of amusement in some quarters: I interpreted signing as restricted to economic policy…
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Ryan Lizza, way too easy on Paul Ryan
Andrew Sullivan, or one of his minions, collects a number of reactions to Ryan Lizza’s profile of Rep. Paul Ryan for the New Yorker. Lizza makes a point of “nailing” Ryan on spending projects for his own district, as quoted in Sullivan’s post: When I pointed out to Ryan that government spending programs were at…
James B. Stewart, lying on behalf of truth
Over at New York magazine, Jonathan Chait takes a long poke at Rep. Paul Ryan. Although I often find Jon a bit knee-jerky, when it comes to Ryan, our knees jerk in perfect time. Chait points, among other things, to the near-worshipful reception that Ryan often receives in the press, as a sort of political…