Today on the Dish, Andrew raised an eyebrow about how Arnold managed to hide a 14-year-old child, and marveled at a faked birth certificate. Readers reacted to defending elite friends, and Andrew sympathized with children of unknown biological fathers. Andrew felt ill listening to John Yoo moderate a panel on torture, and juxtaposed Orwell's 1984 with Santorum and Marc Thiessen. Dorothy Parvaz recounted her time in a mini Guantanamo, and Andrew nailed Obama's Osama intentions in 2009.
Newt nosedived, and Fallows begged the press to ignore him. Wilkinson believed in Romney, Palin solicited money for her PAC, and Bachmann befriended Christianist heavy metal drummers. We sized up Rick Perry, Palin's ethics advisor got stripped of his law license, and Larison called Bachmann the anti-Romney. Frum tackled healthcare, Douthat weighed in on the Gingrich/ Paul Ryan schizm, and social security accounts for over 90% of income for a third of people over 65. Glenn Greenwald sighed over spouses deported, Alex Massie yawned at the Queen's visit to Ireland, and we picked apart third culture kids. Doctors don't love autopsies, David Brooks dropped in on "Scream", and climate science nerds exacted their revenge. Serwer approved of funny women, Yglesias approved of repatriating t-shirts, and Andrew celebrated the San Francisco Giants' "It Gets Better" video. Books went viral, gifted readers filtered their G&Ts, and Jesus had a problem with moderates.
Bean bag of the day here, Malkin award here, headlines of the day here, self-flagellation of the day here, quote for the day here, FOTD here, MHB here, VFYW here, and VFYW dissents here.
–Z.P.
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