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...