Culture

My colleague Jacob Berkman thinks we should change the name of this site to Post Election Central. We’re open to other suggestions. Post traumatic stress disorder? Post natal depression? Going postal? If you have an election longer than four hours call a physician? Ooookaaaayy… We’re not going to make news about each and every appointment, […]

Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) has unseated Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) as chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, defeating him by a 137-122 margin in a secret-ballot vote of the House Democratic Caucus on Thursday morning. Jewish organizations were officially neutral on the chairmanship battle, but privately many preferred Waxman, the head of the […]