Their intent is to derail useful discussion and responding to them not only achieves that end but encourages more trolling.

The rich are getting richer and more politically powerful.

The FBI is looking into Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell’s relationship with a major donor.

The very first page on the World Wide Web, from way back in 1992, is being restored.

The possible presidential contender has an op-ed in a rather dubious outlet.

Jason Collins is gay. Who the hell is Jason Collins, you might ask?

Think Progress continues a silly meme: “12 programs that Congress cares less about than averting flight delays.”

Legendary country music singer George Jones has died, aged 81.

A McDonald’s hamburger has been in a man’s car trunk since 1999. It still looks and smells the same as the day he bought it, minus the pickle.

The Examiner’s James Simpson makes a perfectly valid point in the most dishonest way with his chart “Sequester fraud in one picture.”

The Senate moved last night to end the airport delays caused by furloughing air traffic controllers.

Bill Clinton is on Twitter for reals.

There are far too many appointed positions in the US government. And many of them are unfilled.

There’s bipartisan agreement on Capitol Hill that they don’t want to participate in ObamaCare.

The CIA unsuccessfully lobbied to put Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the eldest of the Boston Marathon bombers, on the counterterrorism watch list in 2011.

General Petreaus is now Dr. Petraeus and will be teaching a 1-1 load a the City University of New York.

My latest for The National Interest, “Why Terrorists Are Worse Than Guns,” has posted.

Why does the stock market care if there is an explosion at the White House?

Airport delays are the latest example of targeting sequestration cuts where the taxpayer will feel them most.

A strange loophole in the law means Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will be questioned without being advised of his Miranda Rights.

A sensational story, little solid information, and instant analysis are a bad combination

“Mark Sanford walked out on us, violated our trust … maybe Mark Sanford should just keep walking.”

The filibuster is now so commonplace that it’s baked into the expectations.

Famous people may die sooner than the rest of us. Then again, they may not.

Today is the 75th anniversary of Superman.

Gabby Giffords writes an emotional diatribe filled with non sequiturs that does nothing to advance the debate.

Prominent female athletes have been able to be openly gay for decades. Why can’t their male counterparts?

As many as 15 are dead and more than 160 injured after a West, Texas fertilizer plant exploded.

If you expose your breasts in rural Georgia but have a penis, jailers are liable to think you’re a dude and make fun of you.

A bipartisan commission of elder statesmen confirms what we’ve known for years.

You can either have a career in a white shoe law firm or marry a military officer. Pick one.

Most of us suck at driving. Soon, we won’t be allowed to drive.

America’s largest theater chain has slashed the hours of thousands of workers to stay under the ObamaCare threshold.

We treat violence by lone individuals differently than organized violence. Race, religion, and national origin have nothing to do with that.

Peter Bergen says government crackdowns since the Oklahoma City and 9/11 attacks have made getting bomb making materials harder.

Alex Madrigal reports that “71% of Facebook Users Engage in ‘Self-Censorship.'” That strikes me as low.

We shouldn’t overreact. But we shouldn’t fool ourselves either: We’re not safe.

A former Navy SEAL charges that Blackwater snipers killed American citizens in New Orleans during Katrina’s aftermath.

Chuck Hagel has countermanded his predecessor and canceled the Distinguished Warfare Medal.

Jerry Brown tells the US Supreme Court to go to hell.