The Blue:  Michael Gerson, The Washington Post:  "Palin, from candidate to caricature." It was probably not the intention of liberal investigative journalists to expose Sarah Palin as a figure far more sympathetic than her public image. Twenty-four… more »

Blue:  The New York Times and Paul Krugman:  "Ludicrous and Cruel"   Many commentators swooned earlier this week after House Republicans, led by the Budget Committee chairman, Paul Ryan, unveiled their budget proposals. They lavished praise on M… more »

Blue:  Paul Krugman's "Climate of Hate" / NYTimes / 1/10/2011 When you heard the terrible news from Arizona, were you completely surprised? Or were you, at some level, expecting something like this atrocity to happen? Put me in the latter category… more »