Today on the Dish, the fight for marriage equality took an important turn: Ted Olson raised the standard for conservatives and carried it into court. Rick Jacobs live-blogged the proceedings while Volokh debated his arguments at length. Even Harold Ford Jr. has seen the light.
On the salacious news front, just as Palin solidified her role as the right's celebrity-in-chief, Schmidt and "Game Change" opened the floodgates on the VP pick. One reader heaped the blame on McCain and another grieved over her students' starbursts (speaking of which, don't miss this fascinating footage of Palin as sportscaster).
Regarding the Reid uproar, Steele played his race card, TNC talked sense, and McWhorter laid out the linguists. Also, the "Negro" quote looked dubious to begin with. In other news, the undie-bomber didn't fly one-way after all. Up in Massachusetts, Blumenthal read the political terrain while Chait looked into the future of healthcare.
Andrew's latest column centered on increased polarization. He also took stock over the sanctions situation between Israel and Iran. Stephen Goldsmith sounded the alarm over US debt. Krugman, Noah Millman, and Tyler Cowen joined the Chait-Manzi debate. Friedersdorf hit Jonah again over torture. E.D. Kain countered Conor over Avatar. Mighty Mark grew up to steal your girlfriend.
Meanwhile, still crickets at the Corner …
— C.B.
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