Prosser beat Kloppenburg by more than 6000 votes.. 

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2011/04/07/us/AP-US-Wisconsin-Supreme-Court-Election.html?_r=1&ref=

From the Washington Post to Brad Delong  to you

Ezra Klein: Speaking of the Affordable Care Act, you’ve said before that the theory behind the exchanges in Ryan-Rivlin and the theory behind the exchanges in the Affordable Care Act are identical. That would mean Republicans who believe in Ryan’s model should be more optimistic about the Affordable Care Act. But Ryan has said the two of you simply disagree on how to build the exchanges. Can you explain to me the disagreement you have that would make Ryan-Rivlin different from the ACA?

No sense wasting your time with my summary, read Juan Cole.

http://www.juancole.com/

BTW Cole's definition is not freedom to agree with him. He vigorously protested the resolution by the British academic union proposing a ban of UK entry for Israeli professors. As he said these were people he had debated in venues all over the world and it would have been particularly  craven for him to be silent. 

well somebody has to.

Baker today in Brad Delong's blog.

Kloppenburg will win.  NOON Wednes day

With one (pro Prosser ) precinct missing she's ahead by 220

check out  bitterlemons.http://www.bitterlemons.net/

You can read the opinions of a Hamas leader which may or may not confirm what you already think. And those of a settler , ditto.

Frequently there are 4 views on an issue. A leftish former assistant to Barack:a settler or some one who voices their views; a Palestinian university president; and someone who voices the views of Palestinians who are not university presidents.

I'm not peddling a subliminal message that of course " they can all get along".

Dean Baker in today’s FT

 Deficit hawks now like to show off charts in which the costs of Social Security-along with Medicare and Medicaid,.are projected to go through the roof in the decades ahead. These charts show the costs of everything else more or less under control this looks ominous. But it is also a trick.

A compromise? 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/mar/29/libyan-srebrenica-ti...

As a supporter of Obama's handling of Libya (oh, hadn't you noticed) I thought it was a good enough speech in that it passed the minimum hurdle, it  won't have created any new opposition. Neither will it have converted any existing opponents. 

To be more specific,I like his explanation that whatever we might do in other cases, the particular characteristics of the situation in this particular country in the context of our particular strengths led to an outcome that might not often be duplicated. 

The goal is a “no-fly” zone – a zone where aircraft is disallowed – similar to a demilitarized zone on land.  This goal is not to be confused with regime change.  Those who were looking for “boots on the ground” to rid Libya of Gadhafi will be sorely disappointed.

Charlotte Seybright

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Obama got it right in Libya.

As referenced by artappraiser ,in his blog today he expands on these items (condensed and with slight revisions -for the exact text follow the link)

o The participation of the Muslim world in the United Nations no-fly zone over Libya was secured and is lasting.

o Turkey, , has agreed to use its navy to help enforce the boycott 

o Qaddafi’s air force  effectively “no longer exists.” :

Brad Delong today is using his blog to lecture his students . Subject: how we got into this current recession , how to get out of it and why some sensible people are making dumb proposals that we should reject.

You could read it , today's installment takes about ten minutes. But here's what seems to be the key section 

It is true that the root problem was a derangement in the subprime mortgage market resulting from irrational exuberance which then triggered a derangement in financial markets more generally due to overleverage and misregulation.

Somehow it seems like cheating to use a blog just to provide a link. But in this case it seems justified.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/mar/21/editorial-libya-un-a...

contrary to what you might think based on much of the US media. A survey reported in this weekend's Observer  shows that 64% of the British public are very satisfied with their health system. Which happens to be the highest result it has ever achieved on such surveys.

As the debate -shouting match -over the  Affordable Care Act (ACA )heats up it might be useful to remember that. Of course it's open to the rebuttal  that it measures popularity rather than performance.

But that, in fact ,  is even better.

by the UN decision on Libya. Turkey's bitter opposition has effectively side lined NATO.

See Juan Cole today in particular comment from Howard Eissenstat 

http://www.juancole.com

My head tells me that a war is a war is a war and that the right policy is not to start one.But I know I want to draw a line and prevent the blood bath I fear would result if Quaddafi's troops occupied Benghazi.

Got to go and see what Juan Cole thinks.

Gillian Tett in today’s FT

Why have so few bankers gone to jail in the wake of the financial crisis…Why….  Bernard Madoff (is) now sitting in jail, while all those faceless people who conjured up subprime loans or dodgy .collateralized debt obligations are not?

……To be sure the financial industry is dangerously powerful; and some bankers have behaved in ways that were immoral. But whether (they) have actually broken the law is less clear cut.