Paul Krugman: "Bigger Than Bush"
"Forty years ago the G.O.P. decided, in effect, to make itself the party of racial backlash. And everything that has happened in recent years, from the choice of Mr. Bush as the party’s champion, to the Bush administration’s pervasive incompetence, to the party’s shrinking base, is a consequence of that decision."

2008 In Pictures
2008 was such a big year that in its annual photo-recap, the New York Times had to create sub-years-in-review to fit it all in. A wonderful look back at a crazy year.

The United State of Pop
DJ Earworm looks back on the last year in pop music by creating a mashup of all the year's biggest songs remixed into one track.

Boy, 9, Survives Decapitation
Uhhhhhh ... this is true. And horrifying. And let's not pretend we're saints here - it's a little awesome.