By Aug 27,2009

The ethics of outing bloggers

I was a little amused to see Conor Friedersdorf’s post on anonymous DC blogger Roissy today: Do you know what should bother feminists (and everyone else too)? The Web site...

By Aug 26,2009

Healthcare: Obama vs. Schumer

Give Chuck Schumer credit. He was trying really, really — yes, really — hard to pretend that the President hasn’t waffled on the public option, backing away from his commitment...

By Aug 26,2009

And yet, she has two book deals

Julie Powell, the bloggy half of Julie and Julia, has penned a piece over at XX. It is, how do you say, awful? Yes, awful. That’s the word. The concept...

By Aug 26,2009

The only thing worse…

… than Woodstock nostalgia is Kennedy nostalgia. RIP to Ted and all that — he was a very effective senator for the things he believed in who leaves behind a...