The jury likely got it right. That doesn’t mean George Zimmerman didn’t kill Trayvon Martin or that Martin deserved to die.

The Pentagon has canceled a popular air show even though it operates at a profit and takes place next fiscal year.

The Defense Department will freeze promotions, cut workers, and suspend training in the face of across-the-board funding cuts.

A new study says Twitter doesn’t break news faster than the wires. But nobody claims it does.

David Brooks warns that failing to pass a comprehensive immigration reform bill “could be a tragedy for the country and political suicide for Republicans.”

The US Navy is moving transport ships near Egypt. Just in case.

Ostensible allies in the fight against the Assad regime, al Qaeda and the Free Syrian Army are killing each other.

On the eve of transition to solo operations, Afghan forces can’t do basic logistical functions.

A state of perpetual war is incompatible with good mental health and stable family relationships.

Most deprived subcultures resent those among them who strive too hard to escape–much less succeed.

The NBC News graphics department failed geography miserably. Here, Brian Williams and company admit the error with grace, charm, and good humor.

The US military’s lavish new headquarters in Afghanistan has been completed just in time for our exit.

The military’s finance and accounting system has been dysfunctional for decades and is getting worse.

Glenn Reynolds has an interesting piece out today in the Columbia Law Review.

The prominent media critic will no longer bother criticizing CNN for not living up to the standards of the profession.

The paramilitarization of American law enforcement has had deadly consequences.

We won’t have Rick Perry to kick around any more.

Michael Donley announced he was stepping down as Secretary of the Air force in April and did so in June. No replacement has been named.

The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says revealing that the United States is spying on its allies has undermined their trust.

Richard Calderoni was arrested after acting like a jerk on an airplane.

Don’t blame “secret courts” for the government’s expanded spying on American citizens and allies.

Two thirds of us are overweight but we still think fat people are pigs.

A decade ago. a certain New York Times columnist was more right than your humble host.

A Brazilian soccer referee was tortured and beheaded after fatally stabbing a player.

The recording industry has sent its 25 millionth Google takedown notice, trying to kill links that sprung up because of earlier takedown notices.

While the military was ousting Egypt’s democratically elected president, the US Secretary of State was on his yacht.

Liberal leaders want Ruth Bader Ginsburg to retire so President Obama can appoint her successor. She wants to hang around another decade.

The owners of the Stanley Cup Champion Chicago Blackhawks took out a full page ad in today’s Boston Globe thanking their opponents and their home city for a classy and well-fought Finals

James Holmes will be shackled like animal during his murder trial for no apparent reason.

Jerry Brown’s second go-round as governor has been very, very good to the Golden State.

Those annoying “Sent from my iPhone” signature block disclaimers actually work.

The conviction of Marine Sergeant Lawrence Hutchins III for war crimes in 2006 has been overturned.

Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel has wasted no time issuing a full-throated statement endorsing today’s DOMA ruling

Absent DOMA, the Full Faith and Credit Clause would seem to make gay marriage legal across the land.

The 5-4 ruling was much more sweeping than needed to strike down DOMA.

CNN is reviving the Crossfire shoutfest with Newt Gingrich, S.E. Cupp, Stephanie Cutter, and Van Jones as hosts.

The Navy is building a ridiculously expensive robot spy plane.

A German truck driver has the worst documented case of road rage in history.

A thirteen hour filibuster by Wendy Davis ran out the clock on a special session of the Texas legislature, apparently defeating an abortion bill that passed 19-10 after time expired.

Effective immediately, Texans will have to show photo identification to vote.

The Supreme Court today struck down the most controversial part of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

A Colorado 6-year-old with a penis has successfully sued for the right to use the girls’ restroom.

We’re paying a lot of money for defense contractors. It’s not clear how much of this is wasteful.

The broadcast networks want to operate under the same FCC guidelines as the cable networks. And they should.

When Glen Coffee abruptly retired from a promising NFL career, most wondered what he was up to. Now we know.

The lede of a YahooNews report on President Obama’s trip to Africa: “President Barack Obama makes the first extended trip to Africa of his presidency next week—but he won’t be stopping at the country of his birth.”

For two centuries, British sailors have toasted their “wives and sweethearts.” No more.

Just when you thought the sequestration process couldn’t get more cynical.

The traditional tools used by hiring managers to find employees don’t work.