By • May 15,2008

Do endorsements matter?

I’m not asking that question rhetorically, or with an excess of snark. I’m honestly interested to know. Have you, loyal readers, ever decided who to vote for based on their...

By • May 15,2008

Burma's Suffering and Ours

Andrew has a roundup of commentary on the possibility of coercive helpy heroism in Burma, meaning Matt Yglesias and Ross Douthat doing one of their good back and forths (as...

By • May 15,2008

The Democratic Crack-Up

Never before have two major parties gotten into such a competitive self-destruction competition. What Bush has done to the Republican party, with poodle-like levels of assistance from Congressional Republicans, is...

By • May 15,2008

Speed Racer vs. Christopher Hitchens

Peter Suderman was spot on when he said that the villain in Speed Racer, played by Roger Allam, is a dead ringer for Christopher Hitchens, both in appearance and accent....