Eric Meslin is a nationally acclaimed bioethicist, so naturally his voice–and the voices of other experts in the field–is much less likely to be amplified by cable network talking heads. Read more at the AVA site…

Todd Gitlin sums it all up. Read more at the AVA site…

Overheard: Sarah Palin is a beacon of sanity compared to Michele Bachmann. What I want to know is, how do these very limited (okay, crazy) people get elected to public office? And lest I be accused of picking on the women, there’s James there’s no climate change, and I know because God told me so)Inhofe, [...]

A diary up at DailyKos pretty much sums it all up: Read more at the AVA site…

An absolutely fascinating analysis via Dispatches from the Culture Wars: Read more at the AVA site…