Young Zeitlin

Domenico Montanaro, MSNBC: First Read has verified some of the charges the Republican National Committee approved in its March Monthly report, including almost $2,000 spent at a sex-themed nightclub in West Hollywood, as well as more than $15,000 spent at ritzy Beverly Hills hotels I imagine the people who expensed this stuff aren’t going to [...]

Will Wilkinson muses on how to best help out poor countries that are probably going to bear the brunt of the negative effects of climate change, especially in light of a correlation between carbon emissions and GDP growth: In light of this kind of evidence, policies that would slow growth in incomes and energy use [...]

Glenn Reynolds: Possibly Obama just hates Israel and hates Jews. That’s plausible — certainly nothing in his actions suggests otherwise, really. Barack Hussein Obama II Suddenly they heard a familiar voice. “Hey, is this the Seder?” Barack Obama asked, entering the room. So begins the story of the Obama Seder, now one of the newest, most [...]

It’s not exactly breaking news that the Lord’s Resistance Army — a band of murderous insane thugs that have a hankering for enslaving children, mass killing and banditry — is, to quote Matt Yglesias, one of the nastiest, most brutal and evil organizations on the plant [sic].” But Jeffrey Gettleman, who deserves all the plaudits [...]

It’s been said that the reason one should read lots of books is because they will never meet enough people. I think the reason you listen to R. Kelly is because you can never have sex with enough people. Or, you know, because you don’t think contemporary R&B has enough yodeling. Of course, any mention [...]

I’m not Matt Taibbi’s biggest fan. I think he’s an excellent writer, quite funny and one of the best at deploying profanity — which is no small feat. But I think when it comes to this latest beat — the financial industry — he all too often elides nuance, ignores complicating details in search of [...]

Like Ned, I enjoy big, hefty, pulsating, throbbing…books. I really like all books, but there is something special about the Big Book (TM) and all it can do. But I like movies and TV shows a lot too! I like them all, and I really like them when they can do something that’s unique to [...]

Hey Spackerfans, I’m Matt Zeitlin aka Young Zeitlin (which, interestingly enough, my older brothers’ friends have been calling me for as long as I can remember).  Spencer already introduced me, so on to my trenchant, incisive analysis! This on Brookings discussion, where four wise men (really three men and one woman) discuss the on-face absurd [...]