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“I don’t know that I ever directed him; I cast him. And then...”
— Director Robert Benton on Paul...

Oct 1st

McCain holds Iowa economic roundtable in a cargo container,...

Oct 1st

You know those iPods that come pre-loaded...

Sep 30th

Paging Dr. Turing. Dr. Turing, call your...

Q: What is your foreign policy experience? A: I am so proud of his independent and strong decision...

Sep 30th

Hey, who's in charge all up in here?

I admire Rachel Maddow for her wit and humor and also her limitless selection of stylish jackets,...

Sep 30th

There! That settles it, dontcha know!

Couric: Gov. Palin, since our last interview, you’ve gotten a lot of flak. Some Republicans...

Sep 30th

Posts may be thin for a while.

The wifi is spotty here in the safe room, and the enormous stocks of bullets and gold bars...

Sep 30th

McCain's unwillingness to look at Obama:...

Sep 27th

“The candidate who wants to quash any suspicion that he is...”
— James Fallows, The Atlantic,...

Sep 25th

This is a link to the latest update of Joshua...

Sep 24th

“I want to be done playing this lady November 5th. So if...”
— Tina Fey on Sarah Palin,...

Sep 22nd

I swear to God, nobody does fake humility better than a TV...

Sep 22nd

Kodachrome may be going the way of...

…according to this AP story. If you want to know why that would be a shame: This is what...

Sep 22nd

If you want to see the difference between a...

Sep 21st

Maureen Down figures out how to publish a...

Sep 21st

“The Republicans have discovered that McCain can’t draw a...”
— Gail Collins, The New York...

Sep 21st

Top 15 modernist gas stations. (Via PCL LinkDump.)

Sep 20th

#14: "All I know is, as long as I led...

The fifty greatest things the great Charles Barkley ever said. (39 days to NBA basketball, baby!)

Sep 20th

The Great Schlep.

Sep 20th

I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen...

Sep 19th

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Easy, honey. You don’t get to have Daddy’s chair for eight years.  (WARNING: Contains...

Sep 19th

The American Prospect's Adam Serwer on how...

Sep 18th

The Palin bump evaporates, and the lines cross....

Sep 18th

Fiorina to "disappear" from visible campaign...

Sep 17th

Diageo/Hotline poll: Palin's...

Note: To be fair, it did take three whole days.

Sep 17th

You want to talk electoral math? Here's...

Dollar value of earmarks John McCain claims Sarah Palin has requested as governor of Alaska: $0.00 ...

Sep 13th

What should happen tonight at Columbia...

SCENE: A backstage green room. Senators Barack Obama and John McCain wait to appear at a forum...

Sep 11th

Do me a favor, John: Don't be on my...

There are a number of good reasons why Barack Obama should “release his righteous rage,”...

Sep 11th

Wiretap Follies.

Sep 8th

Kinko's: RIP.

FedEx Kinko’s has rebranded itself FedEx Office, completing the eradication of the...

Sep 7th

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Give ‘em hell, Joe.

Sep 6th

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“Jesus Is a Friend of Mine,” by Sonseed. Thanks to Mark Fraunfelder for the link. This...

Sep 5th

I don't know what's more depressing: The...

Instead of letting Palin talk directly and frequently to the press, the McCain campaign will dress...

Sep 5th

Oh, for Pete's sake... It's a FAKE.

Sep 5th

“What did you guys expect? I anticipated this last Thursday...”
— Barack Obama, asked if...

Sep 5th

The Biden trap.

Just a thought: Jim Fallows, among others, suggests that the tone of Palin’s RNC speech...

Sep 4th

On Sarah Palin's likability.

If you work at home and are distractable like me and you tend to listen to cable news at a low...

Sep 4th

“There is a tendency in the media to kick ourselves, cringe...”
— Joe Klein, TIME.com (via...

Sep 4th

AP fact-checks the Palin speech.

Sep 4th

Sep 4th

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Treat every gun like it’s loaded, and every mic like it’s open. GOP political...

Sep 4th

Fred Thompson's RNC speech was the most...

Recycled from Twitter. All rights reserved. Have a nice day.

Sep 3rd

"I'm an Alaskan, not an American. I've...

(Joe Vogler; founder, Alaskan Independence Party) This would be the advocacy group of which...

Sep 3rd

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…Ouch. A scrappy Campbell Brown takes it to McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds on the question...

Sep 2nd