Posts Tagged ‘Matt Yglesias’

What Should Happen to RFK Stadium?

Matthew Yglesias wants more city where RFK Stadium currently stands:
It’s striking to me how unpopular what I think the obvious and roughly correct solution is. The structure should be demolished and the empty land plus the open air parking lots should be sold to builders to build . . . whatever. An urban neighborhood with [...]

Our Morning Roundup: McWhorter, Saletan, and the Color of Performance

Good morning, City Desk readers, and welcome to another edition of Freedom Friday. We're wrapping up our Summer Music Guide as I type, and I can assure you that it's going to be a doozie–the kind of doozie you'll likely keep on your coffee table from May 15 through September 1 as a quick reference [...]

Yglesias Clears the Air on Blog ‘Hijacking’

For those of you who missed this morning's post about the debacle at the Center for American Progress Action Fund, here's a recap: Jennifer Palmieri, CAPAF CEO wrote what is now being called a guest post on Matt Yglesias' blog, clarifying CAP's position on the think tank Third Way, which Yglesias criticized on his blog [...]

Center for American Progress Action Fund CEO Hijacks Matt Yglesias’ Blog

Matt Yglesias, wonky wunderkind, ardent liberal, and self-proclaimed expert on everything, pissed off his bosses at the Center for American Progress by bashing the think tank Third Way on his blog:
Third Way is a neat organization — I used to work across the hall from them. And they do a lot of clever messaging stuff [...]