From Kos, we learn that the trend here in Washington of the Democrats picking up seats in the state houses is happening around the country. It's happy news, to be sure, but I can't say I have any brilliant ideas as to why this is occurring. Perhaps...
The Poor Man is--for good reason--one of my favorite blogs, so I was hoping that this post was just a Swiftian joke, but apparently it's not. Lindsay Beyerstein does a good job.
Many have pointed to this Paul Freedman article at Slate, which makes the case that anti-gay initiatives may not have had the electoral impact many of us assumed. He's got some.
Matthew Yglesias is right to suggest that the modern Christian Right, despite some intimations to the contrary, does have some notion of social justice, and it's not all bad. Certainly the following rhetorical questions Who's working to halt the spread of HIV/AIDS in Africa? Who's trying to...
Kevin Drum has a great post mocking the silly contention that the Democrats are doomed because they can't win in the south, while one never hears that the Republicans are doomed.
My dear friend Brian Mahoney has sent me a remarkably eloquent e-mail; I reprint in its entirety. I've been in a state of shock for the last couple days, reading blogs,.
Erik at Alterdestiny has some good observations about elections in Latin America: Uruguay has just joined a number of nations who have elected left-leaning regimes in the past few years. Venezuela is of course the most famous (notorious depending on your outlook) but also Brazil, and to...
As always, Paul Krugman says it better than anyone: President Bush isn't a conservative. He's a radical - the leader of a coalition that deeply dislikes America as it is. Part.
Jesse Taylor, as you probably know, is under conservative fire for his indisputably correct observation that mobilizing homophobia was a decisive factor in the presidential elections because of the way the electoral.
The more I think about it, the more I think this is my movie of the year so far (although I still haven't seen Vera Drake), and I'm not sure if I don't agree with Rob that it may be the best movie I've seen about a...
This map is making the rounds. I can certainly see the appeal. More seriously, but in a similar spirit, I've seen a few people not in comment threads elsewhere, as well.
In his press conference today, Bush came out in favor of the line item veto. Leaving aside the fact that giving him further tools to veto pork when he doesn't.