Why America Won't Buy Palinism  —  I didn't note Sarah Palin's verbal screw-up when she called South Korea North Korea in an interview with Glenn Beck.  Why?  Because in context it seemed like a simple verbal slip-up, the kind everyone makes from time to time.

President Obama injured  —  Washington (CNN) - Apparently no good deed goes unpunished for President Obama, who was trying to make sure he didn't get a flabby belly after Thanksgiving but wound up with a fat lower lip instead.  —  White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said the President received …

FoxNation.com Reposts Anti-Obama Article From The Onion, Doesn't Mention It's A Joke  —  Most people recognize The Onion as the Peabody Award-winning satire machine that it is.  Some people, however, don't.  Which is why we get a story like this every few months.

The Instability of Moderation  —  Brad DeLong writes of how our perception of history has changed in the wake of the Great Recession.  We used to pity our grandfathers, who lacked both the knowledge and the compassion to fight the Great Depression effectively; now we see ourselves repeating all the old mistakes.

Doctors say Medicare cuts force painful decision about elderly patients  —  Want an appointment with kidney specialist Adam Weinstein of Easton, Md.?  If you're a senior covered by Medicare, the wait is eight weeks.  —  How about a checkup from geriatric specialist Michael Trahos?

Eating the Irish  —  What we need now is another Jonathan Swift.  —  Most people know Swift as the author of “Gulliver's Travels.”  But recent events have me thinking of his 1729 essay “A Modest Proposal,” in which he observed the dire poverty of the Irish, and offered a solution: sell the children as food.

Liberals resort to conspiracy theories to explain Obama's problems  —  Following two years of poor economic performance and electoral repudiation, liberalism is casting around for narratives to explain its failure - narratives that don't involve the admission of inadequacies in liberalism itself.

Lessons in Reactionary Mockery  —  As Ian noted earlier, the left or “#p2” as they are known on Twitter, failed to understand the true meaning of the note Governor Palin posted on Facebook this evening.  Mockery of one's political opponents has become so pervasive on the left …

Will the next fiscal crisis start in Washington?  —  Two years ago the United States experienced its worst financial crisis since the 1930s.  The crisis began on Wall Street, where misguided bets on risky mortgage loans resulted in enormous losses that few anticipated.

The Special Assistant for Reality  —  Obama needs to hear a voice from outside the presidential bubble.  —  A reporter covering the president's trip to Indiana this week said Mr. Obama was visiting the heartland in part to get out of the presidential bubble.  I'm sure this was true.