Today on the Dish, Andrew wrestled with healthcare costs and humans being forced to play God. Andrew grappled with a NOM organizer finally seeing the conservative nature in gay rights, we rounded up the reax to the narrowly averted shutdown, and Andrew finally got approved for a Greencard. National Enquirer blew up Todd Palin's spot again, and Sarah put her foot in her mouth on birth certificates. Rick Hertzberg explained why Fox dumped Glenn Beck, Chait sized up us sizing up the candidates based on looks, and Trump relegated Birtherism to the backwoods of conservatism. David Kenner kept his eyes glued to the YouTube, Henry Farrell analyzed bigotry in France's veil ban, and we tracked a possible Libyan ceasefire and its quick demise.
Andrew appreciated the polyglot bluntness of Anglo-Saxon English, cooed over other people's babies, and couldn't get behind an Objectivist worldview, while readers chimed in. Flowing Data informed us how long we'd get in retirement, GPS technology could spark cab wars, and America remained exceptionally tan. Nina Simone had the final word on Mississippi, Habitat For Humanity lead with a partnership model, and tsunami debris headed for the west coast. Suicides kill more than automobiles, Peter Smith shared the neuroscience of overeating, and readers calculated our tax brackets.
Hathos alert here, chart of the day here, correction of the day here, FOTD here, VFYW here, nixed regular airplane views here, but a window-seat-worthy MHB to make you feel better here.
–Z.P.
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