"A double-vanilla ticket will be attacked as un-diverse by the media."

Double-vanilla! Michael Barone uses the term in discussing Mitt Romney's reasons for picking a white male VP. (His "vanilla" ...

"Brooklyn College said it was 'regrettable that Mr. Bruce Kesler misunderstands the intentions of the Common Reader experience and the broader context of this selection.'"

Reports The Daily News , picking up the story that we were talking about here yesterday. Hey, now we get to check out the Daily News commen...

The "long and painful falling out" between Barack Obama and Jeremiah Wright — and what made Obama snap.

At the NYT, Michael Powell and Jodi Kantor have background on the Obama's decision to speak out more forcefully against Jeremiah Wright...

Roberts Rules of Order and 60s radicals.

From an essay by Rachel Donadio (which has much more about Roberts Rules of Order): Todd Gitlin, a former president of Students for a Democ...