Hooray! The Times found their new token conservative! Taking over for Bill Kristol: Mr. Ross Douthat. Douthat is a senior editor at The Atlantic, where he blogs. He is one of those "reasonable" "centrist" conservatives, like David Brooks except not so much of an asshole. Yes, he thinks fertilized eg...

This Month: Britney Spears loses her goddamned mind: A deontological examination by Julia Allison Is America prepared to accept Adnan Ghalib slaking his thirst within Spears' sugar walls? And what does it mean for the Middle East peace process? Matt Yglesias is forced - probably at gunpoint - to exp...