Mesclun

• Ari Kohen explains how Season 2 of "Jersey Shore" helps us understand Plato.
• The disturbing link between Enya and militarism.
• Sleeveless blonde + Old Glory + nuclear explosion = epitome of Fox News.
• There's such a thing as a fire tornado.
• Why do more people believe Obama is a Muslim?  As John Sides and Brendan Nyhan explain, it's because the media keep telling them so.
• Hungover owls.
• A debt-retiring birthday party for Andrew Romanoff was attended by Susan Daggett (Michael Bennet's wife) and Ken Buck.
• APSA's Political Networks section has surpassed the Canadian Politics section in membership.  Take off, hosers.
• APSA starts in five days.  Fire up!  Official hashtag is #APSA2010.