"On the biggest political story of the year, the conservative media just got its ass handed to it by the mainstream media. And movement conservatives, who believe the MSM is more biased and less rigorous than their alternatives, have no way to explain how their trusted outlets got it wrong, while the New York Times got it right. Hint: The Times hired the most rigorous forecaster it could find. It ought to be an eye-opening moment." Read more
It's the Friday music game -- I'll show you mine and you show me yours. This week, the best songs on Earth -- or, at least, the best songs with the word "Earth" in the title. Read more
Two culture-war posts in a row, so perhaps it's time for a nice refuge thread for those fleeing more contentious conversations. Let us therefore discuss pie -- Shoofly pie from Lancaster County. Read more
At Christianity Today, Mark Galli's voice isn't always this high-pitched. That's just the Doppler effect on account of his back-tracking so fast from his earlier post attacking Jonathan Dudley for supposedly "fake history." It's only a half-baked correction, but at least Galli acknowledges that his earlier post was misleading twaddle. Galli's latest is also misleading, but in a different way. Read more
The religious right lost the argument and the moral high ground because the other side met them toe-to-toe: You want to argue about abortion on moral grounds? Great, let's do that. We say your opposition to legal abortion is immoral, and here's why. You want to argue about the morality of same-sex marriage? Fine. We say your opposition to marriage equality is immoral, and here's why. Read more
A sampling of (mostly) non-election-related links: A youth minister's plea for his kids; "just stop talking;" election, depravity and chauvinism; a thief messes up the sinner's prayer; the future of white, aging institutions; and new music from Charlie Peacock. Read more
Big losers on Tuesday included: The white evangelical religious right; the U.S. Catholic bishops; Super-PAC donors; the Southern Strategy; white resentment; Donald Trump; voter suppression; Beltway punditry; Franklin Graham and gray-faced men with $2 haircuts. Read more
Big winners on Tuesday included: The Obama coalition; the sick and uninsured; the 47 percent; women; marriage equality; the franchise; immigration reform; Nate Silver; Catholic laity; consumers and climate science. Read more
"What makes America exceptional are the bonds that hold together the most diverse nation on Earth, the belief that our destiny is shared -- that this country only works when we accept certain obligations to one another and to future generations, so that the freedom which so many Americans have fought for and died for come with responsibilities as well as rights, and among those are love and charity and duty and patriotism. That’s what makes America great." Read more
Voters re-elect President Barack Obama. Marriage equality sweeps in Maine, Maryland, Minnesota and Washington. And we seem to have more women in the U.S. Senate than ever before. Wow. Read more
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