Today on the Dish, the US Senate prepared to gut due process (related Yglesias award nominee here), Andrew issued a final response to Ta-Nehisi on IQ and race, and TNC responded here. Ron Paul took aim at Gingrich, the GOP grappled with their new front-runner's many betrayals, and we wondered if social conservatives would get onboard. Romney underperformed the generic candidate Bob Forehead by 12 points, Gingrich surged to the largest national lead held by any candidate so far, and Romney's buttoned-up candidacy showed signs of fracture. We mapped Herman Cain's knowledge of the world, Ackerman assumed that Mitt is pretending to be stupid on foreign policy, and Perry may have a medical reason for his humiliating collapse. The GOP began to coalesce around Obama's commission on fiscal reform, antagonism toward Obamacare is frequently misplaced, and in our AAA video, Andrew discussed the JFK presidency.
The Islamist wave grew stronger in Egypt, sanctions and YouTube spurred on the Syrian opposition, and on top of everything else, Europe faced a jobs crisis. Goolsbee anticipated the disintegration of the euro zone, civilian casualties of war were discounted, and we debated Chinese containment policy.
Don Taylor calculated the cost of end-of-life care, readers weighed in on locker room nudity, and a layperson toyed with Adderall-dealing. The crackdown on medical marijuana escalated in California, American Airlines reorganized, and Alyssa reimagined cable television. Researchers at Dartmouth developed a Photoshop-revealing tool, we revisited early marijuana laws, and caught up on canine PTSD. In home news, the Dish is now running ads.
Cain's "great new ad" here, meme of the day here, Hewitt award nominee here, tweet of the day here (follow-up here), VFYW here, FOTD here, MHB here, and the saddest book ever written here.
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