Second Republican Florida Debate Liveblog/Recap

The Republican establishment is stepping up its attacks against Gingrich. It was coordinated today from a variety of quarters: Bob Dole, Peter Wehner, Tom Delay, William Buckley Jr., and Anne Coulter.

The very reason why Gingrich appeals to primary voters is the reason why he will not do well…

A few weeks ago, I sat on a hard, metal chair in 100-degree heat at Leopold’s Cafe in South Mumbai. An expat hangout made famous in the Gregory Roberts novel Shantaram, Leopold’s is where a runaway convict from Australia finds friendship. Scanning the room of sweating Westerners, I winked at…

Fidel Castro, who has not had much experience with political competition of any kind has referred to the Republican primary campaign as a “competition of idiocy and ignorance.” Sadly, the longtime Cuban leader has a point.  The race to the intellectual bottom and the loutish demonstrations…

Positive Bullwinkle sign, is what we called it. When our oldest was an infant, he would take his hand, with fingers and thumb in full extension, and would frequently bonk the right side of his head (always the right) in the minutes before he corked off to sleep. The whole thing made him look…

Spidvid is bringing social to online video creation, complete with a formal revenue model for content ownership. Partnered with Socially Collaborative Media, the young platform is designed to help filmmakers connect, collaborate, and create web entertainment. With SOPA and PIPA threatening to…

I see her walking with Him and the Fords to the helicopter, from whose steps He’ll give one final V-for-Victory salute before going back to San Clemente and having a long-delayed breakdown. (Her mouth is a straight line; her mouth is always a straight line, even when she is smiling.)  She…

Is the “Porgy and Bess” currently on Broadway worth seeing? Consider these other questions:
Is “Porgy and Bess” racist?
Is it an opera or a musical?
How important is that goat cart to you?

That “Porgy and Bess” is not just any show is glimpsed from its treatment in The New York…

It’ll be just like Disneyland, except that it will be nothing like Disneyland. It will be called Napoleonland, and it’s already being planned in detail. For those of you who’ve never met Napoleon, though you’ve planned to find the time, a French diplomat named Yves Jago has something for…

It’s a rainy Sunday afternoon and I find my husband in bed with a towel on his forehead and a key stuck in his mouth. I start to laugh, but am shushed by my daughter who solemnly informs me:

“Daddy is not well. I’m taking his temature. I’m the doctor.”

Ordinarily I would take the…

Reuters

A senior White House official has confirmed that Vice President Joe Biden will take the lead on the administration’s next phase China policy.

While the Departments of State and Treasury have held important functional roles in conducting the China-US Strategic and Economic…

The knowledge that Jay-Z is married to Beyonce may be trivial to you, but it’s no longer trivial to a certain unnamed 48-year-old, now in reportedly good condition in a hospital outside Cleveland; and it’s certainly not at all trivial to one Ronald Deaver, 31, who was compelled to stab the…

On December 15th, during one of the multitude of debates, Rick Perry tried to stake his claim as the “Tim Tebow” of the Republican Primary. In a country that loves a good sports metaphor, it seemed like a clever tactic. Align oneself with a beloved conservative sports icon, known for pluckiness…