I just started reading David Grann's New Yorker piece, which everyone is talking about. I was delaying because I'm an old fogey, who actually enjoys holding print products, like books and magazines. I'm not even that far in and I'm ho...

Paul Krugman unloads: On the issue of health care itself, the inspiring figure progressives thought they had elected comes across, far too often, as a dry technocrat who talks of "bending the curve" but has only recently begun to make the ...

I should have something to say about this. I have no idea why I don't. I guess it's good. Maybe I need to think on it more. 

I don't know if it helps. The idea that "Zionists" are keeping Obama from talking to Wright strikes me as, well, false. I'm willing to bet Valarie Jarrett doesn't want them talking either. I'm willing to bet more that Michel...

My former colleague Tim Padgett has an unfortunate and deeply problematic article on Sotamayor's effect on the relationship between blacks and Latinos, a subject that major media has never gotten a solid handle on, for reasons that are made clear...

Sorry guys, I'm riding around reporting today. The house is yours. Be cool. Oh, and I just saw that Blindside trailer again. I think part of the problem is a structural one. The movie really seems centered on Sandra Bullock's character. Having read...

And he ain't half-bad. Man, Good Morning America is another world. It's amazing to see this dude cross-over, and see the times. You got this black dude giving relationship advice to black, white, Asian women. Perhaps it shouldn't be that shocking. But...

You know I just watched her on GMA, and she came off really well. I don't mean like she "made you feel sorry for her" well, just sharp and really honest about why she went back. I've talked some about this case, and the broader issues it raised. I...

Heh, from comments: Why are posters here, and the media generally, ignoring the fact that these results were driven by Maine's overwhelming number of black churches?

David Brooks on romance: Once upon a time -- in what we might think of as the "Happy Days" era -- courtship was governed by a set of guardrails. Potential partners generally met within the context of larger social institutions: neighborhoods,...