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Harold Meyerson on Ted Kennedy’s legacy: He was, as he lay dying, new again. Ted Kennedy outlived the Reagan-Thatcher conservative era to which for so many years he led the opposition. He played a key role in putting Barack Obama in the White House, creating the possibility for a renaissance of American liberalism, the cause […]

This op-ed by Whole Foods CEO John Mackey on health care is getting folks all riled up. Fine, I’m with you. But why is this the first time you’ve considered boycotting Whole Foods? Mackey has made it quite clear that he’s anti-union: According to union activist Sheila Payne, he once said, “The union is like […]

While doing some work with the Prospect‘s online archives, I came across this print advertisement for the “Interactive American Prospect,” billing all the great features of the magazine’s web site — dated December 6, 1999, when computers looked like this. It’s a pleasant reminder of just how far the Web has come in the last […]

Never a slow news day with these Republicans. Couple of quick hits — it’s worth re-reading Ann and Tim‘s initial reactions to the arrival of Sarah Palin on the national political scene as McCain’s VP. (Shorter Tim: it’s a gimmick. Shorter Ann: it’s sexist pandering.) Josh Marshall says we shouldn’t rule out the obvious explanation […]

NPR has an interesting feature up on their site today–they had their photographer turn around and photograph the lobbyists in attendance at the first health-care reform bill hearing on June 17: That’s a crop of the panorama of the room. They are asking people to write in (dollarpolitics@npr.org) if they can ID anyone in the […]

Via Cara at Feministe Dr. LeRoy Carhart has announced he will begin performing late-term abortions, filling the gap left with Dr. Tiller’s murder and the closing of his clinic. Dr. LeRoy Carhart declined to discuss his plans in detail during a telephone interview with The Associated Press, but insisted “there will be a place in […]

Jessica Valenti writes on Laura Kipnis‘ Against Love: A Polemic for our new print feature on the book that changed a writer’s view of politics. (If you haven’t been looking for them, be sure to go back and read Michael Tomasky on Milan Kundera, and E.J. Dionne on William E. Leuchtenburg.) Valenti says Kipnis’ takedown […]

The current Department of Agriculture grounds. Look at those boring shrubs. (Photo courtesy Flickr user kimberlyfaye) To my utter delight, vegetable gardens continue their takeover of Washington. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack has announced that the Department of Agriculture’s grounds are to be turned into gardens. There will be a mix of container, raised, and […]

So Adam and I went to see Watchmen last night with some friends. Overall verdict: meh. Crappy dialogue, terrible pacing. But I’d like to stand up in defense of superhero Dr. Manhattan‘s full-frontal blue nudity. The majority of reviews have seen fit to mention it: Anthony Lane, “buff, buck naked, and blue, like a porn […]