If you reverse 73, which is Obama's rating for today, you get 37, which was Bush's rating for much of last year. And that's disgusting.

Merlin thinks Barack has the cojones to tell us all to grow up, and I think he's right. "Thing is, I’m supporting an honest, level-headed man who seems to care about doing a good job and telling people the truth. But, I’m not supporting a poster. It’s posters we need a shit-ton less of right about now."

A nicely designed list of the words of the year. Seems like half are from the election. Can't say I've ever heard of a "fish pedicure," but there it is.

On the situation in Afghanistan and how, step-by-step and with troops we already have, we can start to fix it. "It's still winnable, but only just."

"America should take a chance and make Barack Obama the next leader of the free world." A cautious but firm and thoughtful endorsement from an excellent publication.

"We've decided we're leaving. We intend to form our own country, and we're taking the other Blue States with us. "

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A great collection of neutral articles about the facts and possible effects of candidates' proposed tax plans.

"Grab Change by the Stem!"

Palin and Perry, sittin' in a tree. "She kisses a girl—sure, okay. She likes it—um, and? Oh, and she hopes her boyfriend doesn't mind, because sexual autonomy is inextricable from the male gaze, and that's fucking awesome. 'I Kissed a Girl' is infuriatingly ass-backward: cynical adherence to outdated values made into titillation, snide calculation dressed up as the underdog, the same old bullshit disguised as rebellion."

"Barack Obama held onto your Nintendo collection while you were in France."

"...would he be instituting the most open and participatory executive branch our nation has seen, directly following the most closed and secretive? ... Oh, the answers are: yes, sure, and of course."

"Almost fifteen years after my mandatory military duty ended, I went back to several Israeli army bases, using the medium of photography as a vehicle to re-enter this world."

The world's last feudal state. "In 1991 an unemployed French nuclear physicist named André Gardes attempted a singlehanded invasion of Sark, armed with a semi-automatic weapon. He was arrested by the Island's police officer while sitting on a bench."

"History News Network’s poll of 109 historians found that 61 percent of them rank Bush as 'worst ever' among U.S. presidents." "I'm sure he's a great guy," right? Okay, maybe, but that's an irrelevant argument when your job is US President.

"The above tag cloud shows the popularity, frequency, and trends in the usages of words within speeches, official documents, declarations, and letters written by the Presidents of the US between 1776 - 2007."

On Bush's favorite painting. "The president has identified closely with a man he sees as a mythic, heroic figure. But in fact he’s a wily criminal one step out in front of justice. It perfectly reflects Bush the man... and Bush the president."

One guy's attempt to influence the policy decisions regarding global warming. An introductory video and dozens of supporting videos designed to anticipate every counterargument and criticism.

M.I.A. as modern protest music. "It’s safe to assume, for instance, that when M.I.A. says in 'Bamboo Banga' that she’s 'knocking on the door of your Hummer-Hummer,' that she’s not looking for a lift."

"...the war is not what the media or the leaders of the religious right would have you think it is. It’s not Blue States vs. Red States. I think the Times has it right: The front line is within the red states"

"A politically charged photography exhibition" -- she took away her subjects' lollipops and photographed them. Caught flak. Wanted "to convey that the children, if they knew, would be really upset about the way the world is going."

He was introduced as a "petty and cruel dictator." An interesting event. A long writeup compiling all of Ahmadinejad’s points and his answers to the crowd's questions.

A documentary on the interminable and massive mess that is the Iraq War.

The sad dumbing-down of one of the most visited and trusted news sources in the country.

First in an interesting series. Does Bush use bad, "populist" design to appeal to unsophisticated right-wingers? Just one part of the unspoken debate over class in the world of design.

How children hear the conversation of adults. "GRANDMOTHER: Did you see the politics? It made me angry."

"Matt, why don't you like Mitt Romney?" His perfect hair, obvi.

Keith Ellison was sworn in on the Koran, Mazie Hirono on no book at all, and VA Republican Virgil Goode was upset about it.

A huge collection of arguments against the reality of global warming, and how to approach them.

"creative policies of engagement are called for and are possible"