Was it Walter???

Slate poses the question, was it Walter or was it the Fairness Doctrine? An interesting question in my book. I gotta feel like it was the Doctrine plus the mustache plus the company on the survey, but an interesting post-obit piece nonetheless.

Really?!

Ok, so, there is an excruciating piece in the Atlantic this month. Last month was a great article about a 70+ year Harvard psych study (which I may still write about), but this month is something wholly different. Check it out. I'm going to write about it soon.

Blood in the street? Well, no BBQ for you.

I think it's weird that the only action that the administration has taken against Iran is to rescind its invitation to a July 4th BBQ.

Who would have thought it, Nixon is shockingly disgusting, even now

He did it again. Nixon is still shockingly disgusting. The NYT reports that Nixon believed abortion was necessary in cases of rape and interracial relationships. Yes, that's right RAPE and interracial relationships. These are equivalent in Nixon's eyes. I mean, I knew he was a racist, but damn.

WSJ reports on Iran's use of European Electronic Surveillance

WSJ has an interesting story about how European technology was purchased by the Islamic regime to censor the Internet and spy on computer users. Seems to me that this is why we need robust trade restrictions against regimes like Iran, North Korea, Burma, etc.

Also thought it interesting that the regime implemented the spying and censoring software under the auspices of preventing pornography.

Nate Silver takes on the impact of $ on the public option

Nate Silver posts an interesting piece on the intersection between special interest money and political support for the public option. The conclusion is pretty obvious (more money equals less support) but the graph is cool. Like all these debates, it's interesting to ask, 'what came first, the position or the cash?'

6 Degrees of Wing-Nuttery

Ezra Klein has an interesting take on Steven Hill's proposal for a randomly selected group of California citizens to re-write the state's constitution. Sounds like a good idea unless they all select Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh...