Cameron's Remarkable Achievement

When David Cameron became PM, and announced his austerity plans — buying completely into both the confidence fairy and the invisible bond vigilantes — many were the hosannas, from both sides of the Atlantic. Pundits here urged Obama to "do a Cameron"; Cameron and Osbor …

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Election Fraud! Voter Fraud! Voter ID!

An obscure Indiana indictment is getting major play on Fox News and across the conservative chattering classes.

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'The Walking Dead' season finale recap: At My Signal, Unleash Hell (SPOILERS)

A zombie herd invades the barn, and not everyone gets out alive. Plus: A new arrival?

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Undercover Boss and the Decline of the Working Class

Ever watch this show Undercover Bosshttp://www.cbs.com/shows/undercover_boss/ on CBS? The premise is simple: the CEO of a company goes undercover, disguised as an ordinary worker, at his company for a couple of weeks.

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The Limbaugh-Maher Equivalence Game

No one was much surprised when the most frequent conservative response to the furor over Rush Limbaugh’s slut-shaming of Sandra Fluke was not to defend or criticize Rush, but to play “So’s Your Old Man” by pointing at liberals who had supposedly engage …

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AMC's The Walking Dead Has Found Its Governor

The Walking Dead has found its Governor. David Morrissey has been cast to play the evil villain in the third season of the AMC zombie drama based on the comics by Robert Kirkman, the network said Friday.

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We Don't Need No Thought Control

So it seems Rick Santorum knew his electoral base better than we realized when he blasted President Obama for encouraging people to go to college. Check out this fascinating set of findings from YouGov’s Ryan D. Enos: Last week, in a YouGov/Polimetrix survey, I asked a re …

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Americans hate regulations in the abstract, but love them in the particular

Americans have increasingly turned against the idea of "government regulation" since the beginning of the Obama administration. According to the latest Pew Research Center survey, 52 percent of Americans believe that government regulation of business usually does more h …

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Conductor dies leading philharmonic in concert

Arapahoe Philharmonic conductor Vincent C. LaGuardia Jr.

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Obama's Top 50 Accomplishments

A top-50 list of Obama's accomplishments as President thus far, from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to Killing the f-22.

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Federal Judge Sent Joke Email Implying Obama's Mother Had Sex With Dog | TPMMuckraker

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Do Liberals Disdain the Disabled?

“One of the things that you don’t know about ObamaCare,” Mr. Santorum said, is that it requires “free prenatal testing ...

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Infographic: The idea of a climate change hoax makes no $)%*@ sense | Grist

If you’re capable of critical thought, your first response when you hear about green nonprofits and climate scientists engaging in a vast worldwide conspiracy is probably not “oh no!” but “why in the world would they bother?”

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Banker Leaves 1% Tip On $133 Lunch Bill In Defiance of 'The 99%' [UPDATED]

A banker left a 1% tip in defiance of 'the 99%' at a Newport Beach restaurant the other week, according to his dining companion and underling who snapped a photo of the receipt and posted it to his blog, Future Ex Banker. (Update: the blog is now offline.)

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There Will Be No Saviors for the GOP in 2012

What the party needs is not simply a new candidate.

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The Pro Bowl's search for meaning

The Pro Bowl … No blitzing, no attempting to block punts or field goals, no more than two wideouts lined up on one side, no offensive shifts or movement on the offensive line prior to a snap, no defensive alignments allowed besides the basic 4-3.

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Indonesian Atheist Attacked, Faces Jail Time After Posting 'God Doesn't Exist' On Facebook

After surviving an attack from an angry mob, an Indonesian atheist is facing jail time for posting the phrase "God doesn't exist" on his Facebook page.

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Why Is an Atheist High School Student Getting Vicious Death Threats?

If you take away just two things from the story about atheist high school student Jessica Ahlquist, and the court case she won last week to have a prayer banner taken out of her public school, let it be these:  

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Biologists replicate key evolutionary step

 More than 500 million years ago, single-celled organisms on Earth's surface began forming multicellular clusters that ultimately became plants and animals.

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Watchdog Group Sues FAA For Records On Domestic Drone Use

A digital rights and civil liberties group has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration, demanding that they release information on who is authorized to operate drones within the United States.

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In Greece, fears that austerity is killing the economy - The Washington Post

ATHENS — Deeply indebted and nearly bankrupt, this Mediterranean nation was forced to adopt tough austerity measures to slash its deficit and secure an international bailout.

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99-year-old divorces wife after he discovered 1940s affair - Telegraph

An Italian couple are to become the world's oldest divorcees, after the 99-year-old husband found that his 96-year-old wife had an affair in the 1940s.

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ACLU Sues Scott Walker Over Wisconsin's Voter ID Law

Wisconsin’s voter ID law imposes the equivalent of a poll tax on individuals with out-of-state drivers licenses and discriminates against the poor, students and the elderly, according to a federal lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday.

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[JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie] Dimon should probably know better

JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon appeared on CNBC the other day, complaining about the awful tax burden felt by very wealthy people like him. Unfortunately ... Dimon flubbed the key details. ...Dimon is also overlooking the marginal nature of the federal income tax structure.

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Dem Rep. Fires Staffers After They Make Fun Of Him On Twitter

That was quick: Rep.

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