Zack Beauchamp sat down in a bar and had a talk with Republican pseudo-intellectual Avik Roy, A Republican Intellectual Explains Why the Republican Party Is Going to Die. Avik Roy is so sad, I just want to give him a … Continue reading
Investor’s Business Daily (IBD) has an editorial asking one of the stupidest questions you are likely to hear this year, Why Is There No Uber For Health Care? It is based on a paper by pretend wonk Avik Roy, Health … Continue reading
Supposed conservative reformer Avik Roy wrote an article over at the National Review on Monday trying to get in on all of discussion of the Republican apostates. What he’s trying to do is push back against the argument that many … Continue reading
One thing that this last week has shown is that Chris Hayes’ new weeknight show All In is certainly as good as his weekend show was. So you will forgive me for writing twice about it in as many days. … Continue reading
Avik Roy was on Up with Chris Hayes this morning. He is something of a healthcare expert. But you know what “expert” means when it comes to a conservative: effective apologist for the status quo. And he didn’t miss a … Continue reading
I don’t know if you have noticed, but I’ve been feeling really down the last few days. But I just noticed something that really improved my mood: Avik Roy tweeted my last rant about him: A lefty blogger: “I want … Continue reading
A political science professor once told me about a friend of his who claimed that Richard Nixon killed his father. Every time Nixon appeared on television, this guy would start shouting. “That lying bastard!” And so on. Well, one time … Continue reading
Romney economic adviser Avik Roy was on Up with Chris Hayes today. He pooh-pooh the carried interest loophole, saying, “Carried interests—I can’t remember the exact numbers—but what I think it raises for the government is something like $15 billion dollars … Continue reading
Here are the old pages. We are in the process on condensing pages, so you may find yourself redirected to a different page. Don’t worry! The material you are looking for is in that page! Items 1 – 1000 26 … Continue reading
I’ve been hearing a lot about single-payer healthcare and how popular it is with conservatives. It all started when the Republicans got to work trying to destroy Obamacare. The most recent showed up in Sarah Kliff’s article, I Ran a … Continue reading
Zack Beauchamp seems to have pissed off Ezra Klein. Over at Vox, he’s been getting these assignments to hang out and talk to conservative intellectuals who he needs to treat as though they are anything but entirely part of the … Continue reading
I’ve known a lot of people from a broad array of backgrounds. They range from people living on the street to people with millions of dollars. (I’ve had no experience with the super rich.) And something I hear a lot … Continue reading