My Window Faces the South

Lots of talk about the role of the South in the GOP is bubbling up. Joe Conason: Anyone who has wondered where the Republicans would take America if they regain control of Congress and the White House could learn much from what has been happening lately in Virginia...

Science does not equal belief

It's probably not surprising that the last post lit a fuse. But there are some bigger, non-political questions behind my mocking of a Fox News commenter's declaration that big snows in the South have destroyed global warming claims. His claim brings to mind...

Congress=Wall Street?

Well, this isn’t emblematic or anything: From anonymous midlevel workers to former House and Senate majority leaders, more than 125 former Congressional aides and lawmakers are now working for financial firms as part of a multibillion-dollar effort to shape, and...

Time differential, engage

Back in the non-political world, I'm in the middle of one of the best pieces of, as the fancy set like to call it, "speculative fiction" I've ever read. And I've plowed through an alarming number of such novels since the age of 10 or so, so I...

Remarkable photos

Here’s a fascinating rundown of photos that made a huge cultural impact. It’s worth reading for the photos alone, but it’s also got lots of the details of what’s behind the photos. My favorite of the lot is Salvador Dali in mid-air, as captured...