RT @dcshorts: Check out the Chef & Film Pairings at DC Shorts this year — taste dishes created in honor of the films. http://t.co/TyjxRLvE

The contribution from the U.S. has now been raised to $350 million — a tenfold increase from the $35 million pledged as of this morning. I worry that the Bush administration didn’t jump up earlier to pump  [more...]

Garrison Keillor steps out of Lake Wobegon for a moment to put the screws to the Republican Party: Something has gone seriously haywire with the Republican Party. Once, it was the party of pragmatic Main Street  [more...]