Robert's Stochastic thoughts

Liveblogging the House Health Care Roll Out Someone was just explaining how the changes in Medicare are good for seniors. Now there is a co...

Robert Waldmann Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) said Tuesday that he’d back a GOP filibuster of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s health care...

Tim Pawlenty Goes for the Unreality Based Base Vote He is supporting conservative Doug Hoffman against Republican Dede Scozzafesta in the sp...

I agree with Lou Dobbs and Geraldo Rivera I never expected to type that. Lou Dobs said Geraldo Rivera ... — This guy is nothing but a ficti...

Get the Lead Out II About a year ago, I noted the hypothesis that lead from leaded gasoline causes violent crime. It has been proposed that...

Opt Out is so Popular that even the fiery far left populist senator and diehard supporter of the robust public option supports it. The Ameri...

Reid Opts for Opt Out !

Climate Science: What Went Right ? The US Chamber of Commerce is tying itself into knots trying to deny that it denies the scientific near ...

A Case for Opt Out The latest news is that Senator Reid seems to be planning to try to get the Senate to vote on a health care reform bill w...

The Return of the Trigger People are talking about a public option with a trigger as a health care reform compromise. Alarmingly some work ...

In Which I Irrespect Matthew Yglesias Matthew Yglesias uses the word "irrespective" twice in 55 words spanning two posts (includ...

Mark Kleiman on Retribution This post by Mark Kleiman is more interesting than an average Mark Kleiman post on crime and punishment, and th...

Big Government A comment on something I read quoted by Digby. When you comb the serious academic evidence about how and why economies grow,...

A Totally Dishonest Quote Produced by Cutting and Pasting People who object to being quoted often complain that their remarks were taken out...

Begging the Question II It is very unfortunate that many people use "begging the question" to mean "raising the question....

I made a fool of myself over Karen Ignagni When I was young and stupid (last week ok middle aged and stupid) I wrote a post entitled "A...

Back Commenting on Black Atrios wrote Hopey Like Digby, I can't predict the future but remain (very) cautiously optimistic about the en...

Why do they public option oponents rage ? I think everyone knows this, but I will repeat it here. Senators who claim to be moderate are wil...

Senator Mary Landrieu Proposes a Poll NPR asks her a question Asked about polls showing public support for a government plan, Landrieu said ...

Comments on a post at Rortybomb Go read the post My comments I have a lot of comments and can't be brief. 1) You seem to assume that if ...