Disgusted:

While Paul Krugman castigates the right for holding up healthcare reform in Washington, Ross Douthat, a conservative, tries to distract our attention with religion on today's New York Times' Op-Ed pages.

Krugman wants the senate to change its policy to limit filibustering. Douthat wants to rant about what he terms Hollywood's pantheism. Krugman wants lives to be saved by attempting to patch up the shameful healthcare system in this country, while Douthat and the rest of the right wants to distract us from their political tactics.


Slow Recovery:

New stats on labor show a continued upswing in the hiring of part-time and temporary workers, usually a precursor to an improvement in the economy. At this point, no one wants to be guilty of overoptimism. (See today's New York Times.)


The Times Is a'Changing:

The Washington Times, that is. The right wing voice in the nation's capitol, owned by the Rev. SunMyung Moon, is ceasing Sunday publication. According to The Washington Post, the newspaper has been losing money for a long time, and the good reverend who never met a group of people he didn't want to marry in a mass ceremony is passing along ownership to his four kids who have no tolerance for losing money.