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Joel Anderson, Alexandra Gutierrez, Tim Fernholz, and Aminatou Sow discuss Treme‘s second episode: Joel Anderson: True story: Everyone from Louisiana puts hot sauce on everything. Aminatou Sow: Welcome back to Glee: Bayou Edition. I love how they just casually dropped “mulâtresse.” Alexandra Gutierrez: Given that Coco Robicheaux tossed that line off while sacrificing a chicken […]

Courtney Martin is tired of trite questions: “Why aren’t women happy?” That question has become as ubiquitous and irritating as “What do women want?” Never mind that women are not one homogeneous focus group. Do you ever hear the mainstream media sounding the traffic-boosting sirens of alarm over men’s level of unhappiness? No, they’re too […]

Gershom Gorenberg explains why a young Israeli soldier who leaked documents alleging that generals broke the law will pay, while the brass won’t: Now that the Tel Aviv District Court has lifted its gag order on the Anat Kam affair, Israelis don’t need foreign news sites to learn about the ex-soldier who allegedly leaked digitalized […]

Ann Friedman explains why it’s counterproductive to shame politicians who have been forced out of the closet: Spring is in the air! The birds are chirping, the flowers are blooming, and politicians are coming out of the closet left and right. Or rather, they’re being pushed out. Rep. Eric Massa of New York confessed that […]

Sarah Posner explains how conservative Christians get around health-care reform’s individual mandate: “Who is this Barack Obama who mocks the armies of the living God?” demanded James Lansberry, Christian crusader against government-regulated health care, last summer in the heat of the battle over reform. Since the health-care reform bill passed last month, Lansberry has become […]

Matthew Yglesias asks why we keep on acting like a kinder, gentler form of warfare is even possible: Early this week, downtown Washington, D.C., played host to a nuclear-security summit that occasioned a lot of frustrating road closures for those of us who live here. On the stretch of New York Avenue right by my […]

Tim Fernholz wonders whether progressives should celebrate if Larry Summers steps down: National Economic Council Director Lawrence Summers has been in the news more than usual after a particularly catty piece in National Journal portrayed the veteran Democratic wonk as a status-obsessed complainer. It raised the inevitable Washington parlor-game questions: Is someone trying to oust […]

Amanda Marcotte on the girls of Glee: In the midst of dour economic times, it shouldn’t have really been a surprise that the new Fox show Glee charmed audiences. Glee has the same appeal that Susan Boyle, awkward celebrities on Dancing With The Stars, and contestants on American Idol posses — the populist joy of […]

Monica Potts will not miss Winfrey‘s talk show: The 10th anniversary issue of O magazine just hit newsstands. The glossy is just one part of Oprah Winfrey’s media empire — which also includes the eponymous show, a cable network, and a new cable network that is a joint venture with Disney and may host reruns […]