Quick Hits

Here are a handful of interesting links.

This morning Paul Krugman put into words something we've all probably noticed but that I haven't seen mentioned anywhere other than in casual conversation. We're living in Karl Rove's America, and Krugman tells us why: "What Mr. Rove understood, long before the rest of us, is that we're not living in the America of the past, where even partisans sometimes changed their views when faced with the facts. Instead, we're living in a country in which there is no longer such a thing as nonpolitical truth."

From AMERICAblog (they're just full of great info these days), RadarOnline answers a question that's had everybody stumped for weeks. Robert Novak continues to claim that he never testified to the grand jury, which raises the question of why isn't he in jail, too? Radar claims he didn't bother with the grand jury because he gave up everything he had to the special prosecutor himself. And among the tidbits he offered, again according to Radar, was that he first learned about Valerie Plame's connection to the CIA from NY Times reporter Judith Miller, who's currently cooling her heals behind bars while Novak continues to gallivant around Washington. I guess these days being a successful columnist and TV personality means never having to admit you squealed.

Finally, the Brad Blog tells us that Comcast was killing e-mail that mentioned www.afterdowningstreet.org. When Brad and Democracy.org investigated, they discovered that a company called Bright Mail controlled the filter for Comcast e-mail, as well as that for some other ISPs, and they were filtering the term. When pressed, they lifted the ban, so apparently Comcast customers can again read about www.afterdowningstreet.org.