Editors’ Blog - 2011
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03.01.11 | 11:24 am
And Now Ohio

The collective bargaining fight is heating up in Ohio.

03.01.11 | 11:59 am
Watch Live

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s budget address will begin shortly. Watch.

03.01.11 | 12:23 pm
Brainiac Rep Crushes Computer

Well, there’s still a sliver of hope for humanity. Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ) beats IBM’s “Watson” at jeopardy.

03.01.11 | 1:15 pm
State Held Hostage

Walker to Dems: Come back to Wisconsin or the schools get it.

03.01.11 | 2:45 pm
Applying the Salt

Rep. Henry Waxman, master congressional investigator, happily rubs a little salt in Rep. Issa’s wounds by stating the obvious: “He’s not gotten off to a good start. And he’s got to figure out how to make corrections in his own operation.”

03.02.11 | 5:38 am
Suze Rotolo: 1943-2011

Unless you’re a really hardcore Bob Dylan fan you likely don’t know her name. But you’ve probably seen her face. Suze Rotolo (pronounced “Susie”) is the one walking with Bob Dylan on the album cover of The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan, Dylan’s break-out second studio album. (His first barely sold any copies at all.)

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But it wasn’t just a picture. And she wasn’t just some random person. Dylan and Rotolo were a couple from 1961 (about four months after he arrived in New York City) to 1964. In other words, for almost all of Dylan’s formative folk period. As such, she’s believed to be the inspiration of many of these key songs. Read More

03.02.11 | 5:43 am
The Fox News Alt Universe

Fox News broadcasts troubling images of union activists attacking bystanders in Madison, Wisconsin. Unfortunately it turns out to be the Madison, Wisconsin with lots of palm trees.

03.02.11 | 7:20 am
That Should Help

After Gov. Walker’s devastating prank call fiasco, Wisconsin Republicans are introducing a bill to make crank calls illegal.

They say it has nothing to do with Walker’s painful encounter.

03.02.11 | 7:56 am
Fox Suspends Newt and Rick

Fox News has suspended Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum until they make a decision about whether they’re running for president.

03.02.11 | 8:36 am
Follow the Numbers

If you want to know why Hill Republicans seem to be caving on their threats to shut down the government, the polls tell the story: most Americans will blame it on them.