Daily Archives: January 29, 2009

The Internet v. Newspapers (in 1981)

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Quote of the Day

Andrew Sullivan today: [D]oubt can never be a danger. Banishing doubt is the danger.

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Is the Republican Party in a Self-Reinforcing Cycle of Ever More Extreme Right-Wing Marginalization?

If Nate Silver (at FiveThirtyEight.com) is right, Republicans may be in even worse shape electorally in two years than they have been this past year: [T]he Republicans, arguably, are in something of a death spiral. The more conservative, partisan, and … Continue reading

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Ongoing Antisemitism and Holocaust Denial in the Catholic Church

Salon.com has an excellent essay today on the tone deafness of the Catholic Church with regard to the Holocaust and Antisemitism. It comes in response to Pope Benedict rescinding the excommunication of Bishop Richard Williamson, an outspoken Holocaust denier, Antisemite, and Freemasonry conspiracy theory … Continue reading

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