The Debate Link: The trouble with displaced anger.

Press Watch: As Republicans embrace theocratic authoritarianism, the political media is tongue-tied.

Reading the Pictures: On photography, October 7th, and Palestinians under the gun in Jerusalem.

Brad DeLong's Grasping Reality: A useful and human grand narrative for the 21st century.

The Field Negro: Trying times.

This installment by Batocchio. E-mail tips to mbru AT crooksandliars DOT com.