The situation in Indiana in the wake of the retirement of Evan Bayh is becoming a bit clearer.

The ultimate point of fighting the Taliban is to compel them to give up fighting and accept some version of a post-Taliban order in Afghanistan. Torturing Baradar — which the Pakistanis have been known to do — is counterproductive to that effort.

Not a whiff of racism among those Teabaggers.

Charles Lane, really understands how Democratic Primaries work — in bizarro world.

Featuring new videos from A Sunny Day In Glasgow and Field Music.

When I wrote and filmed about cooking on a grill under emergency conditions yesterday, one of the commenters chided me that everyone might not be in a position to do this. The grill might not be available, under mounds of snow. The family might have been caught short in terms of fuel or groceries and [...]

I guess, once Rahm Emanuel designated him the Acting Attorney General, Lindsey Graham realized he could demand even more from the Administration. Because now he is saying he will only support closing Gitmo if he can also pass a law authorizing indefinite detention.

It’s clear that the Sarah Palin social conservatives and the Neocons are somewhat less than interested in handing the GOP over to the Ron Paul libertarians, and “populist hero” Glenn Beck did their dirty work. I guess the Tea Party folks are welcome to wave anti-Obama signs for the Fox cameras, but if they actually want to challenge any of the party brahmins — well, hands off.

White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel has made it such that it matters little what Eric Holder’s decisions as U.S. Attorney General are. By creating the appearance of what the decisions are, Rahm has been successful, at key moments, in usurping the authority of the Attorney General.

And, yes, Obama has let this happen.

Perfect for Lupercalia, the Roman festival for fertility and health, we give you Dirt! The Movie, a whimsical, intellectual, witty and cautionary look at the life sustaining mix of minerals and microorganisms that coat our planet like a skin.

Where would we be without dirt–well gosh we wouldn’t be. Mud is matrix of life, it grows our food, it can build our homes. Man and microbes share paragraphs of the same DNA..ashes to ashes, dust to dust, we are dirt.