links for 2007-05-26

• Shrum and Dumber - Matthew Yglesias
• Dana Milbank: This last warning was perplexing, because Rutenberg has no children, only a brown chow chow named Little Bear. It was unclear whether Bush was referring to a specific and credible threat to Little Bear or merely indicating there was increase
• Matthew Yglesias: National Review gets attacked by The Wall Street Journal editorial page on immigration, and NRO writers are taken aback by how slipshod and dishonest the WSJ is. What they don't seem to realize is that this is how they write all the time
• Belle Sawhill and John Morton: American Dream Report
• Gideon Rachman's Blog: The real [political] battle is going to take place in September. At that point, all of the American troops set aside for "the surge" will have been in Iraq for several months. In September General David Petraeus, on whom so many Ame
• Inside Iraq: There is an Iraqi proverb that says my father is only strong at home and this is the way it is in Iraq. My colleague Hussein lost his father. The Americans raided his home and took him. He has heard nothing. This is the note he sent to the of
• Yes and No § Unqualified Offerings: Glenn Greenwald (note: now I’m doing it!) has what is generally an excellent item about the real enthusiasm for attacks on civilians, and the transformation of the Republican Party into “from Falwell/Robertson soci
• John Dickerson Single-Paragraph Self-Parody Department: The president and Dick Cheney should have a wide zone of privacy when it comes to their families. Their daughters didn't ask to enter the political echo chamber, and so they shouldn't be forced to li
• Brian Beutler: Almost daily Corner bashing: Conservative crack-up edition: National Review on the Wall Street Journal: I was... well, no, not foaming at the mouth, but gaping in wonder at such a concentration of smug rich-guy arrogance on display all in
• Addressed to me: Alex Tabarrok: Tyler v. Alex: Guide to the Perplexed: Lately I’ve noticed that people are confusing posts from Tyler with posts from me. Here is a simple guide for the perplexed
• Brad Setser: Those are phenomenal numbers. In the first quarter, Christian Menegatti and I estimate that central bank reserve accumulation reached $100b a month. That is more than enough to finance the US current account deficit. And if anything,
• Globalization's Gains Come With a Price: In some ways, globalization delivered as promised. But there was an unexpected consequence. As trade, foreign investment and technology have spread, the gap between economic haves and have-nots has frequently widen
• Martin Feldstein: Why is the Dollar So High?: The level of the dollar is part of a complex general equilibrium system. Nevertheless, it is helpful to recognize that the high level of the dollar is necessary to generate the current account deficit equal to
• The Reality-Based Community: More on transit and urban planning: Michael O'Hare: I'm sorry Megan gets "impatient at even very small delays"; I too am a New Yorker and however type A she is, I'm A+, so there, but I learned something very useful from a coll
• Southeast Asia in the Ming Shi-lu
• David Gregory to Bush: Can you explain why you believe you’re still a credible messenger on the war?
• Lewis Koch: Bait and Switch: The Bush Justice Department has had more than five full years to prepare a case against Jose Padilla. And each time it does, it falls apart. The “dirty bomber” charges didn’t stick. Charges of blowing up high-rise apartm