Stop it. You know where it’s from.

See? — in one breath, Matthew Yglesias says something eminently sensible, then he turns right around and engages in the kind of smarmy ivory tower snobbery that leads one to think, “Man, if anybody ever needed to kick off the wingtips and get wildly tongue freaked by a pair of nipple-pierced Guadalajara hookers, it’s this bookish swatch of tweed.” Tapped needn’t be just a blog, Matt. You’ve got money. Live

Other highlights from the 9/11 Commission hearings, April 14. Robert Muelller: “…uh, Commisioner Gorelick…?” Jamie Gorelick: “What is it now, Mr. Director.” Robert Mueller: “‘You want me on that wall. You need me on that wall –‘” Jamie Gorelick: ” — For the last time, Mr. Mueller, I don’t find that even remotely amusing. Now please, stop it.”

John Kerry, speaking at Howard University moments ago: “…because the President’s problem, as I see it, is that he doesn’t have a record to run on. Instead, George Bush has a record he should be running away from…! [polite applause] …And speaking of records, that 50 Cent sure can rock the mic, can’t he? I mean, ‘Get Rich Or Die Tryin’? That’s the full-on shizznat, dawgs. Are y’all feelin’ me…?

Isn’t the real story here that this twisted fanatical prick even thinks such a thing plausible…?

Speaking of identity politics, white guilt, and doubling down on eleven when the dealer shows a 6: Their people once lived in Colorado and now they want to come back. Leaders of the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes announced Wednesday they will file a petition with the federal government to recover 27 million acres in eastern Colorado. The tribes say they are willing to settle for less. […] Tribal leaders say

Author John Kekes, on the “absurdity of egalitarianism”: the relentless egalitarian propaganda eagerly parroted by the media would have us believe that our society is guilty of dooming people to a life of poverty. What this ignores is the unprecedented success of our society in having less than 13 percent of the population live below a very generously defined poverty level and 87 percent above it. The typical ratio in