I just started reading David Grann's New Yorker piece, which everyone is talking about. I was delaying because I'm an old fogey, who actually enjoys holding print products, like books and magazines. I'm not even that far in and I'm ho...

Paul Krugman unloads: On the issue of health care itself, the inspiring figure progressives thought they had elected comes across, far too often, as a dry technocrat who talks of "bending the curve" but has only recently begun to make the ...

I should have something to say about this. I have no idea why I don't. I guess it's good. Maybe I need to think on it more. 

I don't know if it helps. The idea that "Zionists" are keeping Obama from talking to Wright strikes me as, well, false. I'm willing to bet Valarie Jarrett doesn't want them talking either. I'm willing to bet more that Michel...

My former colleague Tim Padgett has an unfortunate and deeply problematic article on Sotamayor's effect on the relationship between blacks and Latinos, a subject that major media has never gotten a solid handle on, for reasons that are made clear...

Nothing says Friday like fresh baked biscuits--or some such. Just popped these out the oven. They're Bittman's and they've got a lot to live up to. My Mom's version is killer.

...because I really don't share in the animosity against him, but he really shouldn't be talking to the press, right now, admonishing liberals: As the White House leans on conservative Democrat Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska for the 60th health care...

Nice catch by Kid Charlemagne. Here's Rand Paul's statement: I have never heard a single utterance of racism from this staffer nor do I believe him to have any racist tendencies. However, it is impossible to present the ideas and reforms we need in...

Martin Johnson tracks the results of the NFL's most innovative offense: Coach Lovie Smith of the Chicago Bears and Morris in Tampa Bay are said to be on thin ice. Yet it is still possible that the ranks of African-American head coaches will increase...

I would never go so far as to say all, or even most, Republicans are racist. We would say that a shocking number of them tend to run in the company of racists. Via Smooth Like Remy, we have Senate candidate Rand Paul's flack who evidently thinks...