By • Feb 02,2009

Our Post-Racial Future

This screencap from the WSJ has been circulating around the blogosphere: Yeah, definitely not OK. But what about this from TPM? Cuz, you know, he’s BLACK! Like Dre and Ice...

By • Feb 02,2009

Dost This Pew Have upon It Thy Name?

Peace to thee in the name of Our Lord Jesus Christ, fellow pew occupant. With great sarcasm do I fling this greeting in thy general direction. Well: not thy general...

By • Feb 01,2009

Shock Doctrine Stimulus

Reading the back and forth between Ross and Yglesias about the stimulus, I’m struck by something. Writes Matt: Second, with a lot of this stuff whether or not it really...

By • Feb 01,2009

Mea culpa…

I wrote a few snarky things in this post (itself about the nature of snark) and the comments about Freddie that I probably shouldn’t have, and I apologize. I stand...

By • Feb 01,2009

New rocket fire from Gaza

The Jerusalem Post reports that Israeli planes launched air strikes in response to the firing of 15 Qassam rockets from Gaza. Shmuel Rosner: Add these [rockets] to the rocket launched...