The Editors

TAPPED observed Leif Erikson Day belatedly, meaning Mori is off. Today was kind of a slow news day anyway, what with everyone talking about pajamas and recovering from last Friday’s Nobel drama. See you at tomorrow’s health-care hoedown, though! —The Editors

It’s back … In the latest installment of “Ask a Feminist,” Dana and Ann discuss Israel’s military service requirement: Please email questions for future episodes to isitsexist at gmail.com — or leave them in comments! Previous editions of Ask a Feminist: Is the traditional wedding proposal sexist? Is it sexist for men to hold doors […]

Ajami, the new Israeli film on tense relations between Palestinians and Jews in Jaffa, won the Israeli equivalent of the Oscar — the Ophir Prize — for best film at a Haifa ceremony on Saturday night. Gershom Gorenberg wrote here last week about skipping the news coverage of the Obama–Netanyahu–Abbas meeting to watch the film: […]

National Preparedness Month is almost over. Girl Scouts scouts long ago earned their badges by learning the art of ducking and covering; the Coast Guard drilled home the fact that we can never be too cautious, never be too vigilant, and never be too skittish earlier this month. And Homeland Security closed the comment period […]

In her review of CBS’ new drama The Good Wife which premiered last night, Alessandra Stanley notes that “television dramas rarely do very well with the underbelly of politics.” The show promises the story of the political wife who, as Dana memorably wrote, is asked to “stand by your man” in the wake of a […]

Over the past couple of months, we’ve been adding some new bells and whistles to the TAP homepage and to our blogs. Yesterday, we debuted one feature we’re particularly excited about: sharing functionality. By clicking the green share button below blog entries, content can now easily be sent via email, posted on Facebook, promoted on […]

On Monday, we here at the Prospect will not be working it. Enjoy your Labor Day. —The Editors

Michelle Goldberg and Megan recently made a bloggingsheads appearance and discussed the right’s dangerous fringe elements: Watch the whole thing — all 82 minutes! — Watch the whole thing — all 82 minutes! — here. —The Editors

Mark recently did a bloggingheads session with Timothy Noah of Slate. The two discuss Ted Kennedy‘s legacy, and Mark remembers how he was spared the fate of becoming a college politics hack: Watch the whole thing The two also discuss the fate of the public option: Watch the whole thing Watch the whole thing here. […]

Our freshly redesigned September issue goes live today! Read Adam on detention policy, Tim on liberal financiers, Dana on reproductive-health coverage, and Ann on immigration enforcement. Want to see what the changes look like? Check out our digital edition. Want to hold this issue in your own hands? Why, you can subscribe right here. —The […]