How should we celebrate the 100th birthday of Richard M. Nixon?

It's today. Ideas: 1. Tell us your favorite thing about Richard Nixon. (It's his birthday. No need to trot out all the usual hatred....

Why liberals were complacent and are now panicking.

I'm analyzing the breakup of the major media monopoly and the phony neutrality of liberal voices in the political culture: IN THE COMMEN...

I play Quordy.

An iPhone app, that's a bit reminiscent of the Boggle-like thing I was doing on paper yesterday. IN THE COMMENTS: Ruth Anne is alarmed ...

Muppetnet.

(Via Gawker .) IN THE COMMENTS: Ron says: Looks like "Bloggingheads: The Prequel!"... Yeah...isn't that guy on the right Kaus?

Swarthmore, conquering heteronormativity with pornographic chalkings.

That's what some people think: At Swarthmore College, the first day of Coming Out Week each fall dawns reliably, the first light falling...

"I for one do not dance to dance music; disco for me is a lofty metaphysical mode that induces contemplation."

Camille Paglia sniffs at Madonna's new "Confessions on a Dance Floor." You decide if it's worth paying for a Salon subscri...