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No matter what happened on the ice yesterday, Canada still wins in the long run: But lest anyone accuse me (or my blogmates, through association) of not being a real American, let me remind you that I’d sooner dine on a puck covered in cheese curds and chase it with a Molson than watch all Read More

With a few slight adjustments, of course! That is, the White House’s recently released health care proposal is virtually identical to the Senate’s health care bill, with a few notable changes (if you’d rather not go to the White House site, you can read the full proposal here): The White House’s proposal eliminates the Nebraska Medicaid exemption Read More

Roosevelt Franklin was a member of the cast of Sesame Street in the early 1970s. The revolutionary character was believed to be African-American based on the way he spoke and his propensity to sing/dance/rhyme/scat in normal conversation.  He was the founder of Roosevelt Franklin Elementary school, wherein he taught his pupils — also believed to be Read More

In case you missed it earlier today, Tiger Woods is so very sorry. Of course he is. But that’s boring. What do you have to apologize for this weekend? I’m going to apologize for admitting the remix to “O Let’s Do It” is not all that bad. Jamelle should apologize for speaking ill of pickles. Read More

This analysis of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (aka: the stimulus), by New York Times reporter David Leonhardt, is the most important thing you’ll read today: Imagine if, one year ago, Congress had passed a stimulus bill that really worked. Let’s say this bill had started spending money within a matter of Read More

Sorry for the delay. So this episode finally had us spend time with John Locke’s two lives; one in which he’s happily getting married to Peg Bundy in LA and the other in which his dead body is overtaken by Smokey the Monster and he’s trying to pull Sawyer over to the dark side. We Read More

Brother Serwer has already weighed in on the New York Times‘ non-story about Gov. Paterson and political aide David Johnson. For those keeping score in the war of old media versus new, it’s worth noting that the New York Times wasn’t hyping this story as the imminent collapse of David Paterson’s career; the blogosphere was. Read More

The folks at ColorLines have put together an episode on the way race has helped hinder the economic prospects of poor people, both before and during the economic downturn.
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