links for 2007-03-30

• Bob Davis and David Wessel on Alan Blinder: Pain From Free Trade Spurs Second Thoughts
  (tags: 20070328 political_economy social_democracy international_trade globalization)
• Michael Waldman and Justin Levitt: The Myth Of Voter Fraud: the notion of widespread voter fraud, as these prosecutors found out, is itself a fraud. Firing a prosecutor for failing to find wide voter fraud is like firing a park ranger for failing to find
  (tags: 20070328 politics bushisms)
• Joe Stiglitz: Europe's success points the way to better world
  (tags: 20070328 social_democracy)
• Eric Rauchway: Where are all the economic historians?
  (tags: 20070329 academe economic_history)
• Marginal Revolution: Benjamin Barber hates us for our freedom to go to beer-and-pizza restaurants near Rutgers...
  (tags: 20070329 moral_philosophy economics consumption)
• Justice Department staffers say: Alberto Gonzales is in the witness protection program
  (tags: 20070329 bushisms impeach_george_w_bush_now impeachment)
• Joseph Rich: Bush's long history of tilting Justice: It has notably shirked its legal responsibility to protect voting rights. From 2001 to 2006, no voting discrimination cases were brought on behalf of African American or Native American voters. U.S. att
  (tags: 20070329 bushisms attorneys justice gonzales impeachment impeach_george_w_bush_now)
• Dan Hardie: Incident at King's Cross Station: I don’t think I’ve ever stopped for a busker more than about twice in my life. Coming up to midnight on Monday, I was changing to the Northern Line at King’s Cross, when I heard a violin being played rea
  My train pulled up. I couldn’t leave. People threw money down. Another train pulled up, more people stopped to listen. A suited young Indian guy by me went and donated money. She finished the second piece, and said ‘thanks’ and launched straight
  (tags: 20070329 London social_democracy social_welfare)
• Elizabeth Lane Lawley: n a press release this morning, the US Department of Defense announced casualty number 3,242 in the Iraqi War: Staff Sergeant Marc Golczynski, who was killed by enemy fire in Al Anbar province on Tuesday, March 27th.
  n a press release this morning, the US Department of Defense announced casualty number 3,242 in the Iraqi War: Staff Sergeant Marc Golczynski, who was killed by enemy fire in Al Anbar province on Tuesday, March 27th. For our family, this wasn't just a
  (tags: 20070329 iraq bushisms)
• Russell Arben Fox: Plenty of Kansas and Nebraska populists felt the same way. They were convinced that the "fusion" of 1896 with the Democrats was not just the end of their movement, but the first step towards the ultimate betrayal of its ideals. I'm no m
  plenty of Kansas and Nebraska populists felt the same way. They were convinced that the "fusion" of 1896 with the Democrats was not just the end of their movement, but the first step towards the ultimate betrayal of its ideals. I'm no major fan of "progre
  (tags: 20070329 politics political_economy history)
• Politico Plagued by Rookie Mistakes: As Media Matters for America has noted, Politico chief political correspondent Mike Allen's March 27 article, "Rookie Mistakes Plague Obama," was apparently flagged by Matt Drudge's website, The Drudge Report, approxim
  (tags: 20070329 politics journamalism)
• Gideon Rachman is snarky: And if diplomacy fails? That question is left open. The analysts’ consensus in Washington is that an American military strike on Iran has become less likely in recent months. But the decision will ultimately rest on the gut fee
  (tags: 20070329 Middle_East iran iraq bushisms impeach_george_w_bush_now impeachment)
• Radley Balko: Of all the reasons to be outraged at Alberto Gonzales' Justice Department, it’s typical that it was the firing of a handful of U.S. attorneys that finally motivated Congress to perform its proper oversight function. The charge is that Gonz
  Of all the reasons to be outraged at Alberto Gonzales' Justice Department, it’s typical that it was the firing of a handful of U.S. attorneys that finally motivated Congress to perform its proper oversight function. The charge is that Gonzalez and Chief
  (tags: 20070329 bush democracy law libertarian policy rights usa bushisms attorneys justice gonzales impeach_george_w_bush_now impeachment)
• Think Progress: Another Gonzales lie: In today’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, former chief of staff to Atttorney General Albert Gonzales confirmed that Gonzales was involved in the prosecutor purge. Gonzales, 3/12/07: “I was not involved in see
  (tags: 20070329 gonzales impeach_george_w_bush_now impeachment)
• Max Sawicky is driven into madness by the journamalism of the Washington Post's Lori Montgomery
  (tags: 20070329 journamalism fiscal_policy)
• Scott Horton: The prosecutors selected for discharge come from "battleground states" which will be key to the 2008 presidential election: New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona, Michigan, Washington and Arkansas. This is no coincidence. Shortly after the 2006 Congre
  The prosecutors selected for discharge come from "battleground states" which will be key to the 2008 presidential election: New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona, Michigan, Washington and Arkansas. This is no coincidence. Shortly after the 2006 Congressional electi
  (tags: 20070329 impeach_george_w_bush_now impeachment)
• The shrill Tom Friedman calls for Bush's censure and resignation: Tom Friedman responded: 'We need a new constitutional amendment called "Can I Go Now?" Something less than impeachment but more than resignation. President Bush just needs a "Can I Go Now?"
  (tags: 20070329 impeach_george_w_bush_now impeachment)
• TPM Documents: Carol Lam's Commendation from the Border Patrol
  (tags: 20070329 impeach_george_w_bush_now impeachment)
• DealBreaker.com: ou remember Solengo, right? It's the hedge fund that's being started by a team of traders from Amaranth, including the best known energy trader in the world, Brian Hunter.
  ou remember Solengo, right? It's the hedge fund that's being started by a team of traders from Amaranth, including the best known energy trader in the world, Brian Hunter. Their reason for why we should do this sort of thing this request was quite extr
  (tags: 20070329 finance stupidity)
• Hammer Of The Blogs: Surge And Destroy: Shia police rampaged through a Sunni district in the north-western city of Tal Afar killing at least 33 people in the streets and in their homes in revenge for devastating car bombs in a nearby Shia neighbourhood ea
  (tags: 20070329 iraq surge impeach_george_w_bush_now)
• Joan Walsh: The Drudge controversy aside, I found Allen's piece "Rookie Mistakes Plague Obama" shallow and unconvincing. And I found it, literally, not via Drudge's prominent link (which used the same headline), but in an e-mail from the Republican Nation
  The Drudge controversy aside, I found Allen's piece "Rookie Mistakes Plague Obama" shallow and unconvincing. And I found it, literally, not via Drudge's prominent link (which used the same headline), but in an e-mail from the Republican National Committee
  (tags: 20070329 journamalism)
• Think Progress: Sampson’s Confession: SCHUMER: "So if the choice were up to you, just thinking back on that fateful December 7, would you now — knowing what you know now — have put David Iglesias on a list, choice solely up to you if he should be fi
  SCHUMER: Do you still think David Iglesias deserved to be fired? SAMPSON: Senator, looking back on all of this, I wish that we could do it over again. SCHUMER: So you’re saying you think he shouldn’t have been fired? SAMPSON: Senator, I don
  (tags: 20070329 impeach_george_w_bush_now justice gonzales attorneys)
• Joshua Micah Marshall: Attention all chumps who think that Carol Lam was canned for not following administration immigration enforcement policy. Sampson has just confirmed that for all their deep concern about her border enforcement policy, no one from th
  (tags: 20070329 attorneys gonzales impeach_george_w_bush_now)
• Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections
  (tags: 20070329 politics 2004 bush kerry)
• Robert Waldmann: Oh my. This means that there are three serving US attorneys who were put on the list in mid-October 2006 and removed by November 15 2006. I think it is clear to everyone that Iglesias was fired because he refused to use his office to help
  (tags: 20070329 politics attorneys gonzales justice impeach_george_w_bush_now impeachment)
• Amazon Quick Linker
  (tags: 2007329 computers books)
• Jim Henley is shrill: It will take a whole new cadre of Republicans to turn the party into something that deserves to be trusted with a meaningful share of American power. Those people don’t really exist yet. Put it this way: to the extent that they exi
  It will take a whole new cadre of Republicans to turn the party into something that deserves to be trusted with a meaningful share of American power. Those people don’t really exist yet. Put it this way: to the extent that they exist now, the “real Re
  (tags: 20070329 Republicans bushisms moral_responsibility)