Today on the Dish, Andrew celebrated the ruling against DOMA, reiterated his support for a federalist approach to marriage equality, despaired at the GOP's cynicism on spending, figured the party would control President Romney, and called Mitt out on cronyism. We compiled reax to the Republican judge's pro-equality ruling, linked you to the ruling, and rounded up our thoughts on the matter. We also found another Romney lie, speculated that supporting drug reform might help Democratic candidates, gagged on Bloomberg's nanny-statism, and enjoyed a good rant. Americans consumed American news online, readers sounded off on the Poland contretemps, and Polish Holocaust history fell under the microscope. Ad War Update here.
Andrew also called out Cardinal Dolan for blatanly lying about his role in enabling sexual abuse (follow-ups here and here), challenged the liberal understanding of patriotism, decried "conservative" indifference to the destruction of the environment, endorsed Edwards' acquittal, wanted you to Ask Tina Brown Anything, and qualified his remarks on "internet money." We aired Matt Labash's critique of internet culture, listened to reader pushback, and then let Labash give a response to the readers' critiques. Web surfing felt slower, television cycles came from radio rather than cars, and pop darkened. Libertarianism had an odd explanation of the wrongness of homosexuality, theories of happiness shaped our worldview, wheelchairs seemed like accessories to some, and wedding songs struck a reader the wrong way. Trees fought crime and quicksand didn't kill alone. Ask Eli Lake Anything here, Yglesias Award Nominee here, Cool Ad here, VFYW here, MHB here, and FOTD here.
– Z.B.
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