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Continuing an apparent bid to become the David Brooks of the foreign policy establishment – moderate bending over backwards to defend Barack Obama and attack conservatives – prominent defense intellectual Max Boot has used a post at Commentary Magazine’s Contentions blog to chastise Liz Cheney for having, as he puts it, “stepped over the line” […]

The media’s failings, in sum: “The rough week began when Jon, who as everybody knows is editor of Newsweek, unveiled a redesigned version of his magazine, one of the two newsweeklies that everybody pretends to read,” writes Andrew Ferguson. “Everybody is crazy about Jon or at least is hoping not to get fired by him.”

The Goode Family, Mike Judge’s latest television creation inspired by decades living among Austin hippies, premiered last night on ABC. The New York Times review of said premiere is an exercise in acknowledging that Judge’s brand of humor successfully tweaks many of the sensibilities of the NYT/NPR families, while still advising readers to avoid watching.

WASHINGTON – Republicans won’t try to filibuster Sonia Sotomayor’s Supreme Court nomination, a key GOP senator conceded Wednesday, all but admitting there’s little chance of blocking her confirmation as the first Hispanic justice. But senators and advocacy groups are still girding for this summer’s battle — partly with an eye toward raising money and perhaps […]