Misfortunes of Imaginary Beings

Charlie Pierce makes it:  Ever since that thoroughgoing, bean-counting, soulless bastard Robert McNamara was in charge of it, the Defe...

The reason I value Charlie Pierce's blog so much is the way he has of getting at the essence of things: One of the last actions  of ...

One reason I look forward to Monday is Mr. Pierce's (God save him!) roundup of the Sunday talk shows. What Are The Gobshites Saying The...

Fox News says Fred Phelps’ “God Hates F*gs” hate group is “left wing”

Mr. Pierce (God save him!) over at Esquire has this to say about Tagg Romney's revelation this past weekend: I choose to believe Tagg...

Think Progress reports on the latest in blatant, unashamed bigotry : Last month, several Tea Party activists formed a right-wing coalition ...

Is Glenn Beck just a delusional fraud? The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c George Soros Plans to Overthrow America www...

We seem to be a country incapable of learning from its mistakes. Like never fight a land war in Asia and don't put Republicans in charge...

Last night I watched this and was very moved: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news , world news , and news about the economy Today I read t...

In a rather obtuse New York Times column today Ross Douthat argues that Judge Walker's ruling in favor of same-sex marriage amounts to ...

Dear merciful goddess, the right wing hates soccer. "It doesn't matter how you try to sell it to us," yipped the Prom King ...

Rand Paul on mountaintop removal : PAUL: I think whoever owns the property can do with the property as they wish, and if the coal company ...

Blogger Dennis G. at Balloon Juice nails it :  Look, I know that we face many difficult challenges. A lot of things have gone wrong and mo...

Barney Frank tries to fight the right-wing lie machine:  This is what American political discourse has sunk to. 

Andrew Sullivan on that poll on what Republicans believe: It has a parallel in the way in which non-violent Islamists have doubled down on...

Markos Moulitsas is writing a book called American Taliban , for which he commissioned a poll of people who identify themselves as Republica...

Jonah Lehrer on why powerful people are S.O.B.s: The UC Berkeley psychologist Dacher Keltner has found that, in many social situations, peo...

Jeffrey Toobin on Alito at the SOTU:  What makes Alito’s reaction even more delicious is that it’s further evidence that the Justice just ...

If you were thinking about buying Andrew Young's book about John Edwards, Jim Lichtman gives a pretty good reason not to .  Loyalty is ...