Jonathan Chait is a senior editor at The New Republic and a former assistant editor of The American Prospect. He also writes a periodic column in the Los Angeles Times. For other uses, see the disambiguation section. ... The American Prospect is a monthly magazine which focuses on US politics and public policy. ... The Los Angeles Times (also known as the LA Times) is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California and distributed throughout the Western United States. ...
A liberal hawk, Chait supported the invasion of Iraq, but is a vocal critic of the Bush administration, including its handling of the war and occupation. Combatants Coalition Forces: United States United Kingdom Poland Australia South Korea Romania Spain Portugal Italy others. ... This articles neutrality is disputed This article lists common criticisms of the 2003 Invasion and subsequent military occupation of Iraq, including the formative days of the newly-formed Iraqi government. ... The Bush administration includes President George W. Bush, Vice President Richard Cheney, Bushs Cabinet, and other select officials and advisors. ... This article deals with the post-invasion period in Iraq and its occupation. ...
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Short biography and recent articles from The New Republic
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jonathanChait's article, "Fact Finders," in the new TNR is one of the most obnoxiously blinkered pieces of self-serving political magazine writing in recent memory.
Chait's claim is that liberals by and large are empiricists, willing to go where the evidence takes them, while conservatives (loosely and irresponsibly identified with free-market types) are dogmatists who will unaccountably but doggedly cling to principle even after being brought low by data.
Chait: "Incoherence is simply a natural byproduct of of a philosophy rooted in experimentation and a rejection of ideological certainty." I think he thinks he's helping.
JonathanChait is now a senior editor for the New Republic, a left-of-center political magazine, but it's not that far left.
Chait's political desires are tied to expectations (and we pray not hopes) of economic disaster and increased danger for American troops abroad.
Chait chronicles in his article a list of policy disagreements and reveals an abiding aggravation that Bush is perceived as a moderate conservative, while Chait and his friends at the New Republic and the American Prospect view Bush's tax cuts as "radical." However, these remain just policy disagreements.
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