Today on the Dish, Andrew came to the defense of the monarchy in all its human frailty, the people wanted wedding coverage, and the bloggers admitted we all have our guilty pleasures. Cowen sized up the success of austerity, Andrew tried to nail down the mainstream media's role in gatekeeping stories, and responded to Weigel's call to the Alaskan hospital, verifying Trig's birth. Andrew and readers revisited Sam Harris' comments on torture, and Andrew didn't approve of gay culture mocking faith. Andrew approved of Ezra's tweaks to the living will stipulation, debated policies that were once considered conservative, and defended the "legitimacy" of Obama's policies. Jonathan Bernstein didn't think the birth certificate would matter for 2012, Rand Paul yucked it up, and the Tea Party swooned over Trump. We followed the Independent vote, but still gulped over the prospect of Trump.
We weighed our options in Syria, civil servants broke ranks with the army, and a father stood up for his gay daughter in Damascus. The ambassador was no longer invited to the royal wedding, but it may just be the cause celebre of the week. Palestinian factions united, Mexico chose TV over fridges, and Shani O. Hilton critiqued the catcall. We admired the Graffiti of War, Europe slipped on its environmentalism, and Trump dissed China, while still producing his line of clothing there.
Andrew wondered about the religious exception to San Fran's proposed ban on circumcision, and Ann Friedman wanted better birth control. Gay marriage can change how how honest we are about straight marriages, Overthinking It examined Death Star economics, and Keynes battled Hayek. Tuscaloosa twister here, nature clip of the day here, crazy avatar spy story here, and monkeytail beards here. Creepy ad watch here, cool ad watch here, dissents of the day here, Malkin award here, FOTD here, VFYW here, and MHB here.
–Z.P.
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