Today on the Dish, Andrew placed Ron Paul's views on war firmly in the American mainstream and slammed Michael Medved for replacing discussion on this point with namecalling. Andrew also defended Paul's record on gay rights and racism, checked in on Paul's chances in Iowa and New Hampshire, heartily recommended Mark Lilla's critique of Corey Robin and assessment of modern conservatism, and kept on mocking the absurd headlines generated by Santorum's poll numbers. Larison pooh-poohed Santorum's chances, Ruy Teixeira warned Obama that he needed the youth vote, and Rick Perry drew a blank on yet another critical policy issue.
The US government came up with options for ending the massacre in Syria, Egyptians created hope for their revolution, Iran threatened to strangle the global oil trade, and Michael O'Hanlon threw out some projections for viable defense cuts. We took yet another look at Pinker's thesis on violence, paying teachers more worked, Paul Starr and Jonathan Cohn debated an alternative to the health care mandate, and the ban on electronics during takeoff found a champion.
The "Returning Soldiers' Dogs" video owned the MHB voting (though the others were great), straight dudes shaved their nethers, college students moved back in and Louis CK made a million bucks on the internet. QFTD here, Moore Award here, VYFY here, Airplane window view here, FOTD here, and MHB here.
– Z.B.
(Photo: Presidential hopeful U.S. Rep Ron Paul [R-TX] speaks during a town hall meeting at the Cass County Community Center on December 29, 2011 in Atlantic, Iowa. With less than one week to go before the Iowa caucuses, Ron Paul continues to campaign through Iowa. By Justin Sullivan/Getty Images.)
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