A year ago today at the Wisconsin protests — 100,000 people marched around the Capitol in the snow.

Meade and I walked against the flow of the crowd so we could photograph a lot of faces, and I edited his video down to 10 minutes , that inc...

"My Governor's a Jedi."

I don't know about your governor, but... (Via yoSAMite says .)

The director of the best "Star Wars" movie has died.

Do you even remember his name? Irvin Kershner was 87.

"A gigantic belch from the black hole known to reside, like Jabba the Hutt, at the center of the Milky Way."

Something is happening at the center of the galaxy, and they don’t know what it is.

Why does the government want us to worry about who is doing the speaking?

There's an American tradition of speaking pseudonymously, most prominently exemplified by The Federalist Papers. Why not listen to what...

Obama to Bob Woodward: "We can absorb a terrorist attack... even a 9/11, even the biggest attack ever . . . we absorbed it and we are stronger."

From Woodward's new book. Obama also said that of course, he's trying to prevent any attacks, but his point about absorbing whatever...

"Guys, when women don't get you and your explanation has 'Star Wars' in it..."

"... you probably should think again about making wisecracks about women not being sexy enough."

The Emily's List "Mama Grizzlies" ad — is it funny/good/accurate?

Ace hates it , but Ace is not in the category of people/bears the ad is trying to win over. I thought the ad was charming and well done. Ace...

I never even saw "Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace."

In fact, I stopped watching "Star Wars" movies after "The Empire Strikes Back," but I'm nevertheless fascinated by t...

Palpatinian tranche.

I've been reading and listening to people talk for over a half century, so it's really weird to have to look up 2 words in 2 hours. ...

What if we had to choose a President based on knowledge of pop culture?

What Stephen Bainbridge would want: Knows which wine to match with the foie gras-stuffed quail being served at a state dinner Won't wink...

When one word is funnier than another.

So, we've established that "naked" is funnier than "nude," and now I feel like this is a subject comics have riffed...

Simulblogging the Oscars.

7 (Central Time). A slow-moving intro for Jon Stewart, showing Oscar hosts of the past declining to re-host. We see Billy Crystal and Chris ...

Upstairs and downstairs, at the Madison Borders.

I was just wandering around Borders today, sipping a large latte, glancing at the occasional book. I was certainly not looking to buy any bo...

Audible Althouse, #11.

Hey, a new podcast! This time with theme music -- written by John Cohen, Brit Rice, and John Matlack, and performed by John Cohen (my son, ...

"Fairy-tale rubbish but could be interesting perhaps."

That's what Alec Guinness thought of the "Star Wars" script -- quoted in this NYT review of a new biography of the actor. Ano...

Interested in the new Christopher Nolan film?

I haven't gone to the movies in a long time, but I'm slightly tempted to go see "Batman Begins." It's not that I love...

Traveling through western landscapes.

Tonya has pictures from her rafting trip on the San Juan River in Utah -- including petroglyphs and Anasazi ruins. And I quote this though ...

Checking out the Madison bloggers.

Oscar's blogging from Poland : The internet cafe is called "Cup of Pleasure," a sort of pseudo-Western sex themed cafe bar fea...

The new "Star Wars" movie.

I'd love to blog about it, but I'd have to go see it, and, for that, I would need to be paid . I think $500 would be a fair price. U...