Summer makeovers

Talking Points Memo by Josh Marshall has a new look. I think it's the best blog design I've seen to suit my interests for daily news and commentary.

Blue Jersey has redesigned, too, for the better. Good job, Juan Melli.

This was Chris Christie's boss?

Monica Goodling resigned last week as U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' No. 2 go-to, specifically charged with overseeing all the U.S. attorneys in the Department of Justice. Congress has told her she won't be able to get out its subpoena to testify simply by claiming her right not to incriminate herself in a crime.

She evaluated New Jersey's U.S. attorney, loyal Bushie Christopher Christie, and deemed him to make the grade in her "esteemed" evaluation. Why shouldn't we trust her opinion, besides the fact she admits she was involved in a crime, herself?

Watch comedian Bill Maher, who hits the nail right on the head. You'll find Maher's monologue chock full of details you can use around the water cooler:

In New Jersey, according to U.S. News and World Report, only Felician College on Main Street in Lodi is a Tier 4 school, the worst rating a college can have. I never had heard of Felician until I looked up "Tier 4 schools." Have you?

Still the best blogging on the subject: Talking Points Memo.