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Matthew Yglesias is a fellow at the Center for American Progress. His first book, with the working title Heads in the Sand: Iraq and the Strange Death of Liberal Internationalism, scheduled to be published next spring by John Wiley and co., deals with the Democratic Party's struggle to find a post-9/11 foreign policy, focusing primarily on the rise and (hopefully) fall of the liberal hawk movement.

Previously, he was a staff writer at The American Prospect and an Associate Editor at TPM Media, where he contributed to the group blogs Tapped and TPMCafe. His main blog, now at The Atlantic, has existed in various forms since the dark ages of the blogosphere in January 2002.

His writing has appeared in The Guardian, Slate, The New Republic, and The Washington Monthly, and he is a regular on BloggingHeads.tv and makes the occasional radio or television appearance.

Desperately out of touch with the American mainstream, Yglesias was born and raised in Manhattan and studied philosophy at Harvard where he was editor in chief of The Harvard Independent, a campus alternative weekly.

His latest writings can be found on the Matthew Yglesias blog.

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The New Sonics

By Matthew Yglesias

Jun 29 2007, 9:15 AM ET Comment

Durant

Meanwhile, from the "what are they thinking" files the Seattle management seems to have spent too much time reading Free Darko or something. They draft Kevin Durant, an amazing talent, but someone who, unfortunately, plays the same position as their second-best player. Thus, they decide to trade their best player for another rookie small forward.

Presti sees this glut as a benefit, not a hindrance. He wants players who can play a variety of positions and give a commitment to defense.


Um . . . okay, but defense starts from the inside out and this is a deal that leaves the Sonics with diddly squat in the middle. If they're going to play with this lineup, though, they should really find a way to get Don Nelson to coach the team.

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