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It's time for some good news about architecture. No more sinkholes or collapsing bridges. It turns out that conservative ideology is good for one, very specific kind of public construction. See if you can guess. The answer comes after the break. more »

By the time a good idea makes it to Congress — and actually gets some serious consideration — it is no longer an idea whose time has come, but one whose time is way overdue. Such is the case as Congress takes up the issue of CEO pay, while staring in the face yet another expensive, and all but inevitable, taxpayer-financed corporate bailout.

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Americans will begin to tune into the election again around the conventions. And in the fall, they'll start to take a closer look at who the candidates are and what they believe. Iraq will be big no doubt; the economy bigger. But health care may just be the pothole that cracks up Sen. John McCain's Straight Talk Express. more »

Tom's new book is one of those brilliant hammers that makes everything you see after you read it look like a nail. more »

Bipartisan Push to Fix Infrastructure Horrifies Conservatives more »

Another forthcoming book I'm excited to read and share with you, previewed here.

Just finished Tom Frank's new book The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule, which hits the stores in a couple of weeks. Like his last book What's the Matter With Kansas? more »

CNN today today published a long piece on its website about what an Obama presidency would mean for the African American community. The article fronts an absurd title asking whether an Obama presidency would "hurt black Americans." I'd say there's very little chance of that. more »

Pat Buchanan's latest column just slapped me right upside the head: You go hunting where the ducks are," said Barry Goldwater," it begins. more »

Exxon blocking toy safety bill. And with sharp eloquence, my colleague Eric Lotke reminds of the background for such outrages in last Sunday's Los Angeles Times.