Look at what passes for insight at the once-great Times, which now employs the Obama-hating blogger, and Laura Bush's former flak [emphasis added]:

Because of the ongoing crisis of the gulf oil spill, the stubborn reluctance of the private sector to create many new jobs after 15 months of billion-dollar stimulus spendings and the emotional and political volatility surrounding the Arizona illegal immigrant law, Vice President Joe Biden has been dispatched to Africa for a while.

That's right, Biden's traveling to meet with African leaders because of the oil spill. On days like this it's almost difficult to put into words how purposefully moronic Malcolm's work is at the Times.