“ Republicans know well that a change of rhetorical pace is necessary. But efforts by their leaders to damp down the bellicosity of newly elected Tea Party types is running into the fact that the Tea Pa… Alexander Cockburn
“ The thing they're trying to stop is 30-million people getting health insurance. That's the substance. Chris Hayes
“ English does not distinguish between arrogant-up (irreverence toward the temporarily powerful) and arrogant-down (directed at the small guy). Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“ We owe Clint Eastwood a debt of thanks. Not only because it was truly a hilarious twelve minutes of improvised awesome in a week of scripted blah. But because it advanced our understanding. This presi… Jon Stewart
“ But the thought leaders on talk radio and Fox do more than shape opinion. Backed by their own wing of the book-publishing industry and supported by think tanks that increasingly function as public-rel… David Frum
