Today on the Dish, Andrew rebutted more attempts to pin the spending surge on Obama, credited the President with turning public opinion around on marriage equality, found another conservative thinker who's given up on the GOP, compared the US media to Australia's on Trig, and came around to single payer. We worried deficits would help the GOP, scrutinized Obama's Appalachia problem, found another problem with the Republicans-as-civil-rights-champions argument, labelled Obama the "mobile phone candidate," gaped at Obama's huge lead among Hispanics, spotlighted Romney's education plan, and continued discussion of Mormonism and racism. Frum explained Washington dysfunction, right-wing media exposed little, Giuliani worked with Serbian nationalists, and this interview icked us out. Ad War Update here.
Andrew also commemorated P.G. Wodehouse, put Britain's recession in historical context, and set expectations for Iran negotiations. We reported on the desire for change in Libya, bet the war on terror would look like the drug war, exposed the reality of the latter, and found American clothes in Haiti. Being treated like a woman broke a male celebrity, frozen eggs addressed gender inequalities, and teenage girls had caves. Men moved into traditionally "female" jobs, Facebook's IPO wasn't great but also wasn't all bad, and corporate raiders found a champion. Reader discussion exploded on the parking psychology topic, the ginger prejudice discussion also continued, science made a better ketchup bottle, and a blog changed the world. Ask Tyler Cowen Anything here, Cool Ad here, Moore Award Nominee here, Quotes for the Day here, here, and here, VFYW here, MHB here, and FOTD here.
– Z.B.
(Photo: Libyan residents of the eastern city of Benghazi celebrate after electing 41 members of the lcoal council on May 21, 2012. Some 414 candidates vied for 41 seats in the council of Benghazi after more than 200,000 citizens registered to vote on May 19. By Abdullah Doma/AFP/GettyImages.)
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