Below are our posts regarding the Dish going independent, beginning with Andrew’s original announcement on January 2 and then followed by our coverage of the resulting commentary and conversation among readers and the blogosphere. To skip to the more detailed explanation of “The Dish Model” click here. Join us as a founding member here. Another … Continue reading Dish Independence
Here are all our posts in which millennial readers write in to explain the origins of their political beliefs. Thu Nov 29, 2012 – 8.08pm: A Letter From A Millennial Voter A reader writes: I was born in 1984. The first election I was able to vote in on a Presidential level was 2004, in … Continue reading Letters From Millennial Voters
These posts follow our discussion of steroids and the modern male body. Tue Nov 27, 2012 – 1.39pm: It’s a slow news week and I guess a Washington Post columnist’s resentment of James Bond’s amazing body is not exactly an important issue. But Richard Cohen regrets what he sees as the loss of real manhood: Maybe … Continue reading The Roid Age
Friday on the Dish, Andrew hailed Romney's up-trending favorability as the legacy of the first debate and reviled GOP cynicism in accusing Obama of creating partisan gridlock. He then shot down voting against Obama because of his cannabis policy and lambasted Buzz Bissinger for likening Romney to Clinton.
In polls, the Nates mulled Gallup's accuracy as Ezra Klein talked with the polling firm's Frank Newport. Silver then rounded up signs of a possible Obama rebound and Blumenthal checked in on the Senate races.
More generally, TNC compared Obama to Joe Louis, Ann Friedman supported "binders full of women" and John Sides found that Obama had more ads on the air than Romney. Tagg's surname "built that," Chait thought Obama would have the upper hand in fiscal cliff fisticuffs and Chris Geidner mapped out marriage equality. Washington's legalization initiative enjoyed a sizable lead, the West's approach to Iran mirrored Iraq and Reihan revealed the best policy idea no one is talking about. Bob Wright then reflected on a study suggesting racism is learned, biracial people ascended and Corey Fields examined black Republicans. In the ad war, the Obama campaign channeled Reagan and reinforced its new auto-industry line of attack.
In assorted commentary, Andrew called our approach to climate change "silence = death," Colbert philosophized on grief and readers responded to the Newsweek news. Americans tended to overestimate their work hours, Patrick Ryan recalled how a seizure wiped his memory and McDonald's rolled out the BigSpicyPaneer. And while social media censorship disturbed Mathew Ingram, Matt Tullis profiled a horseshoe-pitching virtuoso and Jon Stewart's "Night of Too Many Stars" benefited people with autism. Face of the Day from Beirut here, VFYW here and MHB here.
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Below is all the Dish coverage of the fallout over the secretly taped video of Mitt Romney making disparaging remarks about 47% of Americans. You can also skip to a specific day’s coverage: Tues 9/18, Wed 9/19, Thu 9/20, Fri 9/21. Monday, September 17, 2012 Mon Sep 17, 2012 – 6:39pm: Suddenly, his decision to pick a disciple of … Continue reading Romney Unplugged
Mr. Hankey's Christmas ClassicsGet More: SOUTHPARKmore… Today on the Dish, we collected reax to the payroll tax cut extension, Andrew went another round on Ron Paul and race, he elaborated on his philosophy on endorsements, and explained his support as a form of protest. Paul won the endorsements of weary troops, he's heavily invested in gold, and should stay away from the cover of Newsweek. We addressed the … Continue reading The Weekly Wrap
Here’s my latest email in the blogalogue with Sam Harris about faith and reason. The full blogalogue so far can be read here. Dear Sam Thanks for waiting for this belated response. As a form of apology, and since some readers have said I’ve ducked some of your specific questions in the past, perhaps I … Continue reading Faith Unchosen
There has been some discussion in the blogosphere about the recent Vatican document and accompanying glosses about gays in the priesthood. Among the more lucid are those from Eve Tushnet and Ross Douthat. I think it would be helpful to point out a couple of things. The first is that this is demonstrably a ban … Continue reading WHAT THE POPE SAYS
Here’s a remarkable piece of reasoning: I think the effort to turn this into an anti-Bush political issue is a serious mistake, and the most likely outcome will be, in essence, the ratification of torture (with today’s hype becoming tomorrow’s reality) and a political defeat for the Democrats. And the highly politicized way in which … Continue reading GLENN ON TORTURE
In his latest adjustment, John Kerry is now becoming a more straight-forward opponent of the Iraq war; and his statement Monday that he wants to bring all the troops home in four years is as close to Howard Dean as he’s been since, well, December. The president’s tilting at Kerry for his Dean-like rhetoric is … Continue reading KERRY’S DEADLY DEADLINE
