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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.

Posh Tots

By Matthew Yglesias
Oct 12 2007, 2:32 PM ET Comment

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Continuing with the inequality theme from this morning, on last night's Daily Show I learned about Posh Tots, a company that will sell you, among other things, "luxury playhouses" like this lighthouse bedroom set for just $14,500. The more frugal family might want to invest $6,799 in a sassafras castle playhouse or the $8,299 victorian mansion playhouse. On the other hand, if the hedge fund really did well this year, for the low price of $38,000 you can have sophie's magical windmill playhouse:

A PoshTots Exclusive! This exquisite windmill is sure to inspire dreams of fancy and flight. Crafted entirely by hand, it features a reading loft, charming windmill blades and an outdoor deck with hand rails. Interior flooring is maple wood vinyl and interior walls have wallpapered graphic panels. Exterior walls are a Douglas fir structural frame with bead board siding. The roof is made of Douglas fir structural trusses with exterior plywood sheeting and cedar shingles. Interior features include a loft with decorative hand railing, ladder, wood trims, operable windows, storage hideaways, concealed ventilation, bay window with reading bench, LED decorative lighting and upholstered cushions and pillows. Exterior features powder-coated metal planters, powder-coated metal flower motif and a second level deck with exterior hand railing. Playhouse measures 12'H x 6' x 8' (11' x 15' with decking). Please speak to a design consultant for custom options and shipping information. This item is custom made especially for you upon order.


Ah fancy and flight.

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