Ray Rice celebrated his aggravated assault indictment by marrying his victim.

An opportunist ruins a good joke and hijacks an important discussion.

Jeremiah Denton, a Vietnam War hero and one-term US Senator from Alabama, has died. He was 89.

The Pentagon wants to continue receiving special war funding well into peacetime.

A high school kid has figured out that changing fonts could save the taxpayer millions in printing costs.

Benjamin Wallace-Wells wonders with some irritation “Why Henry Kissinger Never Goes Away.”

An oldie but goodie from PhD comics is making the rounds.

It’s simple: We just have to define the problem and then solve it.

After national attention, a North Carolina school has rescinded its ban on a 9-year-old boy’s wearing of a “girl’s” backpack.

Stanford astrophysicist Andrei Linde gets a nice surprise.

Have gubernatorial elections become more nationalized?

Was there ever a more tepid endorsement than “Joe Scarborough for President? Sure, Why Not?”

When will BG Jeffrey Sinclair get an effing haircut?

Congratulations to Dave Schuler on a decade of blogging.

So, Dana Milbank has a column.

A Jewish-American OSS hero has been denied the nation’s highest military honor.

The president went there.

Being a public intellectual doesn’t pay.

Nora Caplan-Bricker contends that, “Mike Huckabee Could Be President—If Only He Wanted It.”

Staff Sergeant William Guarnere, made famous by the “Band of Brothers” miniseries, has died aged 90.

A tale of life in modern-day America . . .

Barack Obama is no Jimmy Carter.

My first piece for The Hill, “Crimea is not Armageddon,” posted this morning.

The Budapest Memorandums pertain solely to nuclear attacks.

Here’s Why The German Language Sounds Harsh To Most People

The West owes Ukraine nothing.

Russian invasion or legitimate secessionist movement? And does it matter?

Russian militarism in Ukraine has undone any public relations benefits of the Sochi Olympics.

Rolling up your sleeves is hard if you’re a Marine.

Eric Katz of Government Executive points to “The Incredible Shrinking Pay Raise in One Chart.”

The opening to China was entirely Richard Nixon’s idea. Henry Kissinger opposed it vehemently.

My latest for The National Interest, “Hagel’s Defense Cuts: The Least Bad Choice,” is out.

Worst part about being named HaHa Clinton-Dix? ‘The whole President Clinton thing with Monica Lewinsky’

Poking the eye of the institution that passes your budget is a bold choice.

A rich guy wants to break up California.

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has been forced out of Kyiv—and possibly out of power entirely.

Veteran newsman Garrick Utley has died from prostate cancer at the age of 74.

Peggy Noonan asks an interesting question.

A rather impressive recovery from a career that was mostly dead in 2007.

What if the jobless recovery is but the beginning of a trend?

One in ten Army helicopter pilot is a woman, yet men account for 97% of injuries in helicopter accidents.

They really love their Starbucks at NBC–and not just on “Morning Joe.”

“It’s complicated” has long been an option to describe one’s romantic status on Facebook. Now, it applies to one’s sex as well.

Snow days are no longer automatic vacation days for federal workers.