Liberal Talk Radio

So by now many of you have heard that iTunes 4.9, which came out on Tuesday, supports Podcasts. You can now subscribe to a Podcast and have it delivered directly to iTunes (and, therefore, your iPod).
We haven’t been added yet to the iTunes directory. Hopefully that will come soon. In [...]

It’s so easy to go after Congress when they approve themselves a big pay raise. It’s almost not worth the effort to go through the standard shouts of outrage.
Almost.
Why? Because Marjority Leader Tom DeLay is a gift that keeps on giving (members of Congress are not allowed to receive gifts over $50, of [...]

The decidedly Tory Janes moots an alternative explanation for high oil prices.
While oil prices soar, Bush & Co. add 75,000 barrels or more a week to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
Heck, we already own Iraq. What’s the point of filling the Louisiana substrate with even more oil as if it were some kind of limestone [...]

As Bruno and I have long argued, while there are some unfortunate consequences of globalization, the net result is overwhelmingly positive, bringing jobs, education, and health care to societies that need a strong dose of progress.
To those who still think globalization is bad …
Mukhtar Mai was condemned to be raped by a village council in [...]

Like a bad joke that’s gone on way after everyone has stopped laughing, Bush continues to insinuate that there was some link between 9/11 and Iraq.
Example: In his speech on 6/28, Bush stated
They are trying to shake our will in Iraq, just as they tried to shake our will on September 11, 2001. They will [...]

News today that George Soros has joined a group bidding on the Washington Nationals.
Soros, you’ll recall, is Matski’s favorite businessman. As a money-manager to the very rich, Soros almost single-handedly broke Sterling and drove the British economy into near-catastrophe. Still, Soros has consistently demonstrated his commitment to the same principles Bruno and I [...]

Talk about putting your money where your mouth is. Phil Carter, an army-captain-turned-blogger-turned-lawyer-turned-Slate-contributor, has been called up for service. He deploys next week with the 101st Airborne.
Godspeed, Phil.

Matski is pleased to know a thing or two about live comedy.
So an open question to the comedians among you. What’s with Abe Lincoln? Every sketch group I’ve seen recently has a random Abe Lincoln reference. This has nothing to do with the allegations that honest Abe would’ve been riding a float [...]

Any Iraq-success metrics should have the following characteristics. They must:
1. Be measurable
2. Produce actionable statistics
3. Link to definable goals
4. Be value-neutral
As a caveat, I’d also like to propose that the assumptions underlying the metrics should be clearly stated and agreed upon. “Success,” for example, is definable … “Democracy with universal suffrage and national [...]