A plain blog about politics

OK, I understand Conor Friedersdorf's point that talk radio listeners aren't inherently bigots and loons; read his whole argument. ...

Well, there you go.  The Greatest Postwar Pitcher and the Greatest Postwar Player (don't even think about arguing; it's not close) ...

I haven't really blogged about presidential power recently, but a couple of excellent posts by Noam Scheiber ( here and here ) about wh...

Regardless of the importance of various small-bore controversies that get inflated by the need to fill cable net and talk show time during s...

I first want to steer you to two excellent posts earlier this week by Ezra Klein and Matt Yglesias .  Both excellent.  Might as well also t...

If you're interested in the polling about Americans who are mistaken about the president's religion , I'll send you over to Bren...

Conor Friedersdorf wants people to take Gary Johnson's presidential campaign more seriously.  He's right about this: Here's th...