Pretty much the only reason to read TNR these days is Johnathan Chait, who’s one of my favorite liberal writers. His review of Naomi Klein’s recent book is a good read.

Sending an email with the subject “A video just for you” is a bad idea. That sounds a lot like the porn spam I get. When the sender says Sen. Chuck Schumer, my amusement becomes abject horror because a) Chuck Schumer and porn should never be juxtaposed and b) I can almost believe he’d do [...]

After writing a post on the least likely candidate to win the Democratic nomination, now I’m going to write one on the most likely, Hillary Clinton.
I’m thinking that as I run through the candidates, I’m going to probably write less on the things I like about them. Being Democrats, I tend to agree with them [...]

Disclaimer: I know Kucinich isn’t a viable candidate, so there’s no need to point that out.
Let’s get the good stuff out of the way first. I agree with Kucinich on a lot of the issues and he’s the only Democratic candidate to take the correct position on some issues.
1. He’s opposed the war in Iraq [...]

There was a shooting in Idaho and it turns out that the gunman has ties to the Aryan Nations. Jay comments and Craig responds.
Let’s start with Jay’s post. He quotes Dave Neiwert to claim that the this was “certain[ly]” a political statement:
What’s clear is that Hamilton fully intended to take as many people with him [...]

This nonsense about Michael Moore going to Cuba is pretty amusing. It’s completely bizarre that we still have an embargo on Cuba.
I’m not a fan of Moore, but his current documentary about health care seems easy enough to get behind. Who thinks our health care system works?
But why is Moore going to Cuba? Yes, I [...]

You probably already know this, but I’m apparently an enemy of the U.S. I don’t normally take people named “Buzz” seriously, but this one may have a point.
“You’ve got a situation where the American Left is choosing to side with Islamo-fascists,” says the Clinton aide. “What does that tell you about what their true [...]

It’s just so hard! Do you have any idea how difficult it is to remain honest in arguing for a bizarre and twisted worldview?
Difficult enough for PETA to resort to smearing a biologist studying homosexual behavior in sheep.
PETA is nothing if not good at lurid imagery:
You heard right—OHSU experimenter Charles Roselli is spending millions of [...]

I haven’t said a word about that race, mainly because a) this is Montana, not Conneticut and b) its importance seems overblown. I’m all for Lamont winning. Lieberman isn’t a terrible Senator, but he’s not entitled to his seat, as he seems to think. I think Lamont will be better. But again, I haven’t given [...]

North Korea launches brutal assault on the Sea of Japan. Hundreds of fish killed. North Korea claims fish were hindering autonomy. (via Rebels Are We!)
Cindy Sheehan goes on a hunger strike with a few thousand of her friends. 2,700 people all on a hunger strike at the same time? What a statement! What’s that? They’re [...]