. With both the House and Senate backing away from the public option, the only bright light is that a majority of Americans still want one. CBS/NYT Favor a public option:  59% Oppose a public option:  29% CNN Favor a public option: ...

. Conservative David Frum on where Republican’s “no, no, no policy” has left the party. The furious rejectionist frenzy of the past 12 months is exacting a terrible price upon Republicans. We’re getting worse and less conservative results out of...

Rachel Maddow’s discussion with Richard Cohen, a non-accredited therapist who claims he can ‘cure’ homosexuality is a must see.  Cohen’s literature has been quoted and used as a reason for the Ugandan government’s pending legislation to kill off...

. The Nobel war peace acceptance speech… I would be remiss if I did not acknowledge the considerable controversy that your generous decision has generated. In part, this is because I am at the beginning, and not the end, of my labors on the world...

. The stuff you find out about people never ceases to amaze me.  Jeffrey Goldberg has a great Orrin Hatch story. Ten years ago, I visited Orrin Hatch, the senior senator from Utah and a prominent member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...