The Editors

From our December issue, the Parody by T.A. Frank: “[Republicans] protested that the [climate change] bill’scost to the economy … had not been fully examined. … [Sen. GeorgeVoinovich] said an analysis by the EPA … falls far short of what isneeded.” — AP Dear EPA analysts, We are disappointed in your latest analysis of the […]

In a natural move, resident tech and media experts Paul Waldman and Nancy Scola will be doing an occasional videocast for the Prospect. Here, they discuss whether the Obama administration’s success with social networking tools can be translated to Europe. —The Editors

Last week, Prospect editor and founder Robert Kuttner attended Obama‘s Jobs Summit. Here, he discusses the effect of short-term spending on both the deficit and the economy. —The Editors

We’re starting a new feature on the blog called “The Little Picture” — an arresting image, along with links to articles that explain or illuminate the photograph. We need your help finding images. If you’re a photographer or organization with your own Creative Commons licensed Flickr stream that we should be checking out, please drop […]

The Question, from our December issue: What is the leading indicator for you that the recession is over? “When the astroturfers can afford to say ‘no’ when someone offers to pay them to scream at a health-care town hall.” — Lee Camp, Laughing Liberally “Ben Bernanke shaves his recession beard.” — Amanda Terkel, ThinkProgress “We […]

Starting at 8PM EST, President Obama will lay out his plan for Afghanistan. Watch along with Prospect staff, who will be commenting through the speech. Obama’s Afghanistan Speech — —The Editors

The Washington Post is holding a contest to see who can become “America’s Next Great Pundit,” and voting ends at 3 p.m. today. We can’t say their editorial board is always right, but it clearly recognizes talent because it’s selected our own columnist Courtney Martin as one of the finalists. Here’s a short sample of […]

Details are still slowly coming in, but earlier today, gunmen killed 12 soldiers and wounded 31 others at the Ft. Hood Army Base in Texas. President Obama issued a statement moments ago, acknowledging the “horrific outburst of violence” and added that “it is difficult enough to lose these brave Americans in battles overseas, but it […]

From our October issue: What will Dick Cheney give trick-or-treaters this year? “A playful waterboarding, followed by threats, if they don’t tell him which house is handing out the fun-size Snickers.” — Megan Carpentier, Air America “An unexpectedly warm and firm hug.” — Baratunde Thurston, The Onion “70,000 dead salmon from Oregon’s Klamath River.” — […]

Time to update the RSS readers. Sarah Posner, who wrote 86 FundamentaLists for the Prospect over the years, recently joined Religion Dispatches as an associate editor. We’ll miss her blog posts here at TAPPED, but we look forward to reading her thoughts on church and state over at The Devil’s Advocate. —The Editors