Stephen Colbert’s ouster reflected a growing mismatch between format and content.

He reminds what classical conservatism looks like, and liberalism's roots in it.

Slate’s Dave Weigel puts himself through the paces of a self-audit: What did he get right and wrong in a year seemingly full…

1. Denial — Karl Rove, election night. 2. Anger — Rush Limbaugh blames the takers, November 7. Conor Friedersdorf explains why this is a losing strategy. 3. Bargaining — Charles Krauthammer…

Yesterday I briefly suggested the terms of a possible deal on the so-called fiscal cliff: Extract more revenue by capping or eliminating tax deductions,…

When Michael Lewis’s baseball book Moneyball was published in 2003, ex-player-turned-commentator Joe Morgan angrily trashed it. When the movie adaptation came out in 2011, manager…