Bruce Bartlett Apparently Just Graduated From the Joe Romm School of Blogging

So Jeff Hummel has long argued that it would be a good thing if the US Treasury defaulted on its bonds. Bruce Bartlett wrote a response in which he strongly implied that anyone who thinks such a thing is a nutjob, though he worded it very carefully so he could plausibly deny it (as David […]

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David Frum Learns That Ideas Have Consequences

Via Brad DeLong, it turns out David Frum got a 100% pay cut, presumably in response to his “Waterloo” article. (You should skim it if you want to have your bearings as we hear from countless progressives how “right-wing think tanks brook no dissent from the party line.”) Please don’t misinterpret this post. I am […]

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