It’s Their Fault

A pretty devastating article about McCain’s treatment of his former wife, who he left after she became disfigured in a car accident.

Parents are still crazy.

A Dan Drezner essay on public intellectuals:

…the growth of blogs and other forms of online writing have partially reversed a trend that many have lamented:  what Russell Jacoby labeled the “professionalization and academization” of public intellectuals. In particular, the growth of the blogosphere breaks down-or at least lowers-the barriers erected by a professionalized academy.