A great interview with Hitch by Johann Hari. Norman Geras comments.
DISSING BLOGS: Why does the NYT ignore blog scoops of major stories while always crediting other mainstream newspapers? Steve Clemons wants to know.
A VERTICAL LINE: Kerry’s headed up in the poll of polls. And the Iowa markets seem to have had a change of heart as well. I’ve no doubt that the dynamic of this race just changed dramatically – and that it will change again.
NOW, SPAIN: It’s no longer big news that another country is adopting equal rights for gay couples. Almost every civilized country has done so or is about to do so, apart from the U.S. But Spain’s adoption of marriage itself strikes me as a big deal. Spain is an historically Catholic country, however secular it has become. For gay equality to have arrived in the land of Franco is a sign of how profound the social revolution has become. And how irreversible.
ON THE ROAD AGAIN: Another week of travel and talk. Tonight, I’m giving a talk on the current election at Lawrenceville School, New Jersey, at 7.30 pm in the Kirby Arts Center. Tuesday, I’ll be making the case for equal marriage rights at Ursinus College, Collegeville, Pennsylvania, in the Olin auditorium, at 7.30 pm. Wednesday, I’ll be giving a talk on the spiritual dimensions of friendship at Fordham’s Lincoln Center campus in Manhattan. The talk will be at 7 pm in the McNally auditorium. Thursday lunchtime, at 1.15 pm, I’ll be speaking abou the election at the Looms Chaffee School in Windsor, Connecticut. Friday, I’ll be checking into a spa. Just kidding about that last bit.
The Dish 