Paul Simon: Live performance of the Beach Boys’ “Surfer Girl”
More from the 2001 live concert tribute to Beach Boys legend Brian Wilson,
Climate crisis — where we’re headed, how much time is left
How will climate-induced mass extinction change life on earth? Tune in for a discussion on Virtually Speaking.
The climate crisis in three easy charts
We can send the climate to Paleozoic Era levels, or we can stop David Koch and Barack Obama. Let’s pick one.
Did Obama deliberately lie in 2008 about his Social Security plans?
Barack Obama has talked frequently about Social Security. But did he fake his position during the 2008 campaign?
The Beatles: “Chains of Love” (with musicology notes)
The Beatles play a Carole King song that breaks the bounds of rock-and-roll phrasing. Click to see how.
Matt Yglesias resigns from the presumed-progressive community — with prejudice
Shorter Yglesias: I enrich myself by defending your forced suffering. Bad choice on your part.
Making the NRA toxic — The Bad-Dem Senate pushback has begun
DC residents: Today is “March on K Street” day with giant NRA paychecks. Fun for the whole family. Details insid
Max Baucus to retire from Senate; Brian Sweitzer considering a run
Brian Sweitzer may run for Max Baucus’s Senate seat. Do you care if he cares about “clean coal”? Tell him.
Ex-Obama chief of staff: Sen. Heidi Heitkamp betrayed me on gun control
Obama administration pushes back on bad-Dem NRA-friendly Sen. Heitkamp. You can help them pass gun control.
The moral environment on Wall Street is pathological — money rules all
This has nothing to do with Democrats or Republicans. The corrupting influence of Wall Street is everywhere.



