By Nov 18,2009

When Bush dithered on Iraq

Jackson Diehl: [After months of deliberation in 2006], no one accused George W. Bush of dithering. So why does Barack Obama keep hearing the taunt as he deliberates about Afghanistan...

By Nov 18,2009

A commitment to high principles

Andrew Sullivan informs his readers that he is taking a brief pause to pore over Sarah Palin’s new book: Since the Dish has tried to be rigorous and careful in...

By Nov 18,2009

Apocalyptic pessimism

Like Megan and others, I got a kick out of this Slate piece discussing what is the best way to label nuclear waste: But another, more abstract problem—raised by the...

By Nov 17,2009

Rush is still a racist

Steve Benen has a very different opinion from my own. So what if some racist statements were falsely attributed to Rush? He’s said plenty of real racist things, too. Steve...

By Nov 17,2009

Food Critics

A little more food-blogging, yes? There’s an excellent story in the New Yorker this week about the (France-based) Michelin guide’s foray into rating the fine-dining of New York City. While...

By Nov 16,2009

The netroots eat their own

Earlier today, Think Progress trashed liberal pundit Mark Shields for allegedly saying, with regard to Obama’s patience on Afghanistan, [It] makes me nostalgic for those days when we had a...