624 comments on the live-blogging thread last night.

Did the spam-bots find out I'd turned off word verification for commenting? I'll check it out . There's our liberal commenter Li...

The Occupy Madison encampment.

The group has moved to Veterans Park, which is right by the State Street corner of the Capitol Square. This is how it looked at midday yeste...

"Blog comment of the day."

Instapundit honors Shouting Thomas .

"Woo Hoo! Feingold at Walkerville tonight, maybe my other honey Jon Erpenbach will be there too!"

"I do love rubbing up against those two!" In light of Weiner's Twitter troubles, it's fascinating to read a tweet like tha...

Bob Dylan turns 70.

Thanks for staying alive, Bob! IN THE COMMENTS: Shouting Thomas said: "Well, shit, Althouse, I was expecting a more expansive Dylan Hul...

I talk to Matt Welch about freedom...

... and sex scandals, politicized media, and the meaning of various buildings: IN THE COMMENTS: Shouting Thomas said: "One hour and two...

California already requires its public schools to teach women's history and black history, so why not gay history?

There's a bill in the state legislature that has already passed the senate. Advocates say that teaching about gay, lesbian, bisexual and...