Google Loses Belgian Copyright Case
Local newspapers in Belgium inexplicably don’t want to be linked by Google and are using copyright law rather than a robots.txt file to enforce their wishes.
Lede of the Day
Floridians are going to have to start pulling up their pants and stop having sex with animals soon.
Santorum: Social Policy Killed the British Empire
Santorum has an interesting theory about the decline of great powers.
Ben Smith Was Right
Birtherism dies a quick death–and with it the notion that Obama’s opponents are motivated purely by race.
Twitter As Breaking News Source
Sunday’s announcement of the death of Osama bin Laden was the latest example of how Twitter has become the go-to source for “Breaking News.”
Best Front Page Ever
The Atlantic’s Jim Fallows dubs this the Greatest Front Page Ever: A day filled with romance, pageantry, and playfulness is sealsed with a kiss: Osama bin Laden is dead”
The First GOP Debate: Clash Of The Pygmies
Last night’s Presidential Debate in South Carolina was interesting, but, in the end, not very important.
Unemployment Rate Rises To 9.0%, But Economy Adds 244,000 Jobs
For the most part, April’s jobs report was good news.
Al Qaeda Confirms Osama bin Laden Death
In a move sure to satisfy Deathers as much as a contemporaneous newspaper story satisfied Birthers, al Qaeda has released a statement confirming that Osama bin Laden is dead.
Osama bin Laden Raid Controversial in Germany
The free world rallied around the United States after the 9/11 attacks–but not all back the killing of the man who ordered it.
Beyond “Liberal” And “Conservative”: A New Political Typology
The Pew Center is out with a new political typology.
Torture Creep?
The defense of torture as an extreme measure for extraordinary circumstances has evolved.tortu
Family: Osama bin Laden Executed
Safia bin Laden says that her infamous father was caught alive by U.S. forces and murdered in cold blood.
More Musings on the Health Care Debate
An attempt at explaining where I am coming from on in the health care discussion.
Republicans Ready To Punt On Ryan Plan’s Medicare Changes?
Republicans seem to have realized that the Ryan Plan’s Medicare reforms aren’t going anywhere.
Bin Laden Op “Geronimo” Codename Offensive?
Congress is getting complaints that calling the Osama raid “Geronimo” is offensive to Indians.
Stealth Blackhawk Helicopter Used in Osama Raid
There has been some buzz on the national security backchannels that a heretofore secret “stealth” helicopter was used in the SEAL raid on Osama bin Laden’s Pakistan hideout.
Obama Osama Speech Photos Faked (As Usual)
The photographs of President Obama that appeared in the papers after the Osama announcement were staged.
Measuring The Bin Laden Bounce, If There Is One
There’s not much movement in the President’s job approval numbers.
