Packer worries: ...a debate in which one side claims to be arguing from principle and the other side from pragmatism eventually works against the latter (understanding this was one of the main secrets to Reagan’s success). That’s because the side... Full story...
A tribute to gay and lesbian characters in children's television. Bonus Jim Henson character breakdown here.
Sally Satel reviews Gene Heyman's new book on addiction: No amount of reinforcement or punishment can alter the course of an entirely autonomous biological condition.
Robert Darnton reads old papers: To appreciate the importance of a pre-modern blog, consult a database such as Eighteenth Century Collections Online and download a newspaper from eighteenth-century London.
Max Fisher looks ahead: It's not hard to foresee a day when Americans come home and, using an Internet TV system that would probably look a lot like your DVR menu, queue up the latest situation comedy or key in.
Meg Favreau remembers some of the worst:In 1994, Prepared Foods (“the industry's leading ingredient-oriented, food, beverage and nutritional product development publication”) came out with a piece in its Annual highlighting failed product launches from the previous 10 years.
Brownstein: Win or lose, Obama has pursued health care reform as tenaciously as any president has pursued any domestic initiative in decades.
Ezra Klein observes: [W]e really judge the extremism of legislation based on the positioning of Republicans and Democrats.
A reader writes: Something is seriously wrong with the debate over Israel and the Palestinians. Not only does one side of the Jewish community vilify anyone for criticizing Israel, they reject the very basis of negotiation: it takes two sides.
A reader writes: All of this is true. But it does not imply that the answer is that a pope cannot be fired.
Kevin Sullivan posits: China is behaving how many realists would expect a powerful state to behave. This doesn't preclude conflict (obviously it potentially heightens the chances of conflict) but it does present something of a rub for the United States,.
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