About Focal Point

Focal Point is a blog about politics, ideas, photography, and feminism. It began in 2004 as the independent blog Majikthise. (Majikthise archives are available here.)

Recent Posts

• 10/11

  Spencer Soper Wins Sidney Award for Exposing Brutal Conditions at Amazon.com Warehouse

• 9/20

  Bachmann's Anti-Vaccine Rhetoric is Bad Science and Bad History

• 9/19

  Confessions of a Pro-Social Psychopath

• 9/13

  "ALEC: Exposed" Wins September Sidney Award

• 9/08

  Jay Smooth on Rick Perry and Superman, a Great American

• 9/08

  My New Blog, Duly Noted, Launches at In These Times

• 9/05

  Dealbreakers

• 9/01

  NYT Misses the Mark on Bloomberg, Goldsmith, and Domestic Violence Arrest

• 8/30

  Guilty Pleasures

• 8/29

  Obama's Pick to Head Council of Economic Advisers Billed as "Jobs Expert"