Quoted: ""I wish I could be writing paeans celebrating the restoration of the Constitution and the rule of law," he writes. "But these actions -- these contradictions between what he said and what he is doing, the embrace of the very powers that caused so much anger towards Bush/Cheney -- are so blatant, so transparent, so extreme, that the only way to avoid noticing them is to purposely shut your eyes as tightly as possible and resolve that you don't want to see it, or that you're so convinced of his intrinsic Goodness that you'll just believe that even when it seems like he's doing bad things, he must really be doing them for the Good."

Quoted: He's wise to praise U.S. achievements there.

Quoted: Dueling explanations for the financial crisis overlap, but lead to different ways of thinking about where to go from here.

Ms. Paglia for President

Quoted: President Obama's clumsy, smirky staff is sinking him -- and resurrecting a deflated GOP! Plus: Lay off Rush! And a Brazilian diva, up close and electric

The Stewart/Cramer interview in its uncut glory

From the comments:
"the only real news is now on the comedy channel"

sad but true, and delightfully ironic

short but telling

Quoted: What should we learn from the fact that The Daily Show's Jon Stewart has in four evenings (1 2 3 and 4) exposed Jim Cramer in a way that, in any sane world,

Quoted: Every new President has a finite stock of capital -- financial and political -- to deploy, and amid recession Mr. Obama has more than most. ...

Quoted: The President's good turn on Iraq.

obama led pentagon finds that Guantanamo detention center meets Geneva convention standards. ORly? Deciding not to close it after all are they?

My guess is that this story will lack legs.

Quoted: A Pentagon report concludes the prison complies with humanitarian guidelines, but offers recommendations, according to two government officials who have read parts of it.