Open Thread

Tell us what's on your mind. We promise we won't tell anyone else. Pitcher and wingnut Curt Schilling is contemplating running for the open Massachusetts senate seat, although he may…

Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins of Kansas says the GOP needs a "great white hope" and then denies she knew the racial connotations of the phrase. It turns out she may not…

What's on your mind? The birthers have a new obsession. I'm beginning to think their obsession is rooted in something else... The may be some new torture allegations in the…

He's baaaack! Rick Santorum for president in 2012? Stephen Hawking responds to the nutty Investor's Business Daily editorial: "I wouldn't be here today if not for the NHS". Surprise, surprise…

What is going on that interests you this afternoon?

The tea partiers are putting their heckling strategy to work. Will harassment and thuggish behavior really help their cause? As a commenter at TPM asked - are these the same…

Some links to carry you into the weekend.

Sarah Palin's resignation speech is copy edited by Vanity Fair. Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is arrested for breaking into his own home. Atwater City Councilman Gary Frago (California) sent racist emails about the Obamas to staff and community members. President Obama fights back against Senator DeMint's "waterloo" comment.