Editors’ Blog - 2011
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03.17.11 | 8:33 am
A Smoldering Radioactive Ruin

This is the best close-up video I’ve seen of the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, shot Wednesday by a low-flying helicopter: Read More

03.17.11 | 9:30 am
The Kutcher Precedent

Defending himself in a suit tied to the ACORN sting, James O’Keefe cites Punk’d as a precedent for his work.

03.17.11 | 9:32 am
Hard Times

A state legislator from Maine’s part-time state legislature has to resign his office after only being able to find work in another state.

03.17.11 | 11:16 am
You Can’t Win’em All

James O’Keefe’s latest NPR hit falls flat.

03.17.11 | 4:42 pm
Trump Goes Birther

You know that Donald Trump may actually be considering a run for president as a Republican when he comes out as a birther.

03.17.11 | 9:04 pm
Shifting Tide

A growing number of conservative Republicans are opposing our continued presence in Afghanistan.

03.18.11 | 4:52 am
Click And Clack

Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) does a standup routine gives a House floor speech defending Tom and Ray Magliozzi. Watch.

03.18.11 | 5:03 am
Good News

Those four missing New York Times staffers were detained by Qaddafi forces and will reportedly be released by Libya today.

03.18.11 | 5:11 am
Ceasefire?

The Libyan government is saying this morning that it will abide by last night’s UN resolution calling for a ceasefire. I don’t think there’s any reason to take such a claim at face value. The actions of pro-Qaddafi forces over the coming hours will tell the real story. I assume NATO has enough surveillance assets over and in Libya right now that Western governments will know in short order whether Qaddafi is actually abiding by what he claims is an immediate truce.