By • Jan 19,2010

MLK would've protested against Obama

Katrina Vanden Heuvel, editor of The Nation, on ABC: If Martin Luther King, Jr., were alive, he would march on this White House because he would say, “Don’t escalate the...

By • Jan 17,2010

OK, not all lists are great

So, no sooner do I praise lists than Ben Shapiro writes the single stupidest list I’ve ever seen that fully validates all of the criticisms levied against the practice by...

By • Jan 16,2010

But people like lists!

Via Andrew, I saw Mark Athiakis’ riff against lists. A taste: Lists are lazy criticism. The person making the list is rarely inclined (or given the opportunity) to expound at...

By • Jan 16,2010

My letter from Bill Clinton

Political fund-raisers are always a great target for blog posts. Most of my political mail is from conservatives, but I still get some liberal envelopes, possibly because of my subscription...

By • Jan 16,2010

Egypt arrests bloggers

Their crime? Supporting Christian-Muslim solidarity in the aftermath of religious violence. POMED (PDF) reports: The group arrested in Egypt, which includes prominent Coptic Christian and Muslim activists and bloggers, had...