Some of my conservative friends/readers have given me crap about being unwilling to criticize the Obama Administration, and of attacking anyone who does. That allegation is bullshit, of course (I’ve been critical of Obama’s handling of the banking crisis so far, for example), but stumble...

This time in Alabama. Alabama! Look, given the history, I can see why the Jewish people feel such a sense of solidarity, and why they want a secure homeland. But why do they keep picking places that are literally surrounded on all sides by people who despise them? (Actually, this town’s close ...

This one’s largely for Big U in the gender-and-race debate, but we could all use a good laugh. P.S. Louis C.K. is one of the funniest damn guys out there....

Brad, at Sadly No: I just don’t get it. During Bush’s presidency people like me were called traitors on a fairly regular basis because we didn’t show Bush the proper deference when he’d do some goofy shit like choke on a pretzel. Now we have guys on the teevee that are openly talking about a...

At ObWi: The problem with the modern GOP is that it takes an absolutist position on the role of government in terms of providing services to the people: government is the problem, and never the solution. Bobby Jindal even went as far as to critique disaster prevention provisions in his rebuttal last...

Krugman: The party of ideas has become the party of Beavis and Butthead....

Vinny: Any parent who catches their high school aged son reading [Atlas Shrugged] should seriously consider disabling the internet porn filters....

I have discovered what I believe to be an immutable law of physics. I’ve observed the law while debating economics, the financial meltdown and the subprime mortgage crisis here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here, among other places. The law can easily be desc...

We in the fact-based community have long known that the “CRA caused the crisis” argument was utter bullshit, but now the Fed confirms this: Although the current problems appear to be rooted in high-risk subprime lending, I would like to dispel the notion that these problems were caused i...

Nate Silver calls bullshit on George Will’s latest foray into scientific commentary. And he’s got a lot of good points in there. However, blog solidarity requires me to point out that pointing out Will’s stupidity and dishonesty on matters scientific is sooooo six months ago. UPDAT...