As a confirmed DLC-style Democrat, it pains me to say anything good about The American Prospect. I truly believe that their well-meaning, but, ultimately, soft-headed, liberalism stands in the way of real change on the issues that many of us who call ourselves progressives care about -- health care, educational reform, etc. And, on a personal level, I get awfully tired of their fatuous contention that those of us who associate ourselves with the party and philosophy of FDR and JFK are somehow less "Democratic" than the LBJ/Jimmy Carter folks that they represent.

That said, TAP's website redesign is really very good. They've learned how to use the web -- and they're bound become a more important voice in the national discussion as a result.

UPDATE: I just received an e-mail from a TAP editor asking if it really pained me to compliment them on their website. I guess I'd say two things in response: One, I probably was guilty of a little, um, overstatement, when I used the word "pains." And two, any time an editor of a legitimately consequential (if often wrongheaded) publication like TAP takes a moment to send a charming e-mail responding to an O'Toole File post, my discomfort level at having said something nice about his website goes down considerably.
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