Bob Herbert on American families and economics

Bob Herbert had an excellent piece in yesterday's NYT about how unbelievably stretched American families are.

Since this president has no desire to improve their situation, the next president will have a large task ahead of him.

The loss of Tim Russert

Tom Brokaw just announced on NBC that Tim Russert has passed away. This is a huge loss to the political world.

Read more about it here and here.

Webb and Jindal

Good profiles on Webb and Jindal, two potential V.P. candidates. Wouldn't it be great if the vice presidential nominees were even more exciting than the presidential nominees?

It's Obama

This is really it. Barack Obama will be the Democratic Nominee for President of the United States.

Read his speech tonight here.

Primary Predictons: 6/3

Montana: Obama
South Dakota: Obama

The Comeback Ego

Fascinating piece in Vanity Fair about post-president Bill Clinton.

World Science Festival a Big Hit

This past weekend's World Science Festival in New York was a huge success, drawing well over 100,000 people to an outdoor festival and 46 other sold out events. One of the best was Alan Alda's staged reading of the play QED, which Alda premiered on Broadway a few years ago, about the physicist Richard Feynman at the end of his life.

Read festival co-founded and Columbia Physics Professor Brian Greene in yesterday's NYT.